Blackgum

An impressive, slow-growing tree whose small greenish flowers from May-June are extremely popular with pollinators. Female trees produce dark blue fruits when cross-pollinated with a male tree, providing food for a wide variety of birds and wildlife. Wonderful fall color ranging from purple, orange, yellow, and scarlet makes this tree a 'wow' plant, tolerant of clay, occasional flooding, fire, and moderately salt tolerant. Also an exceptional tree for honey bees (although technically speaking, so-called 'Tupelo Honey' is produced from another tree in the same genus), and can be planted in rain gardens or used for erosion control.

50-90 foot tall
Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b
Tree

Native Range: ME south to FL, west to TX, western edge of range extends to OK, KS, MO, IL, WI. Also native in Canada in extreme southern ON. Rare in VT, WI, and ON

Blackgum - < 6 inch tall in a quart pot $13.25 (Temporarily Sold Out*)

*We normally carry this item but are temporarily sold out. We expect to have it available again as soon as our plants in production reach sufficient size/maturity or we harvest more seed. In some cases, plants may be recovering from caterpillar damage (Monarchs love our Milkweed), wind or hail damage, rampaging woodchucks, downed trees, or other natural issues. We are constantly updating our web site so please check back again.

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