Woody > Nyssa > Nyssa sylvatica > Nyssa sylvatica 'Tupelo Tower'

Family

Nyssaceae

Genus

Nyssa

Species

sylvatica

Cultivar

'Tupelo Tower'

Category

Woody

Type

Tree (deciduous)

USDA Hardiness Zone

3 - 9

Canadian Hardiness Zone

7 - 9

RHS Hardiness Zone

H3 - H7

Temperature (°C)

(-40) - 1

Temperature (°F)

(-40) - 34

Height

15 m

Spread

3 - 5 m

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Description and Growing Information

Flowering Period

General Description

Nyssa sylvatica ‘Tupelo Tower” sour gum tree is a slow growing deciduous tree that gives off small juicy dark edible blue fruits that tends to be really sour. The ‘Tupelo Tower’ sour gum tree is usually known as a native tree for it colour and sometimes used as an oriental tree in gardens.

Landscape

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ Sour gum can be grown in many different types of places it's best place would be in average medium to wet well drained soils so it can be used for various ways people use this tree for an oriental tree because of it colour also this tree is used for a street tree. Another reason why people use this tree is for shade so it can be used in a part or a backyard for even for the street to block off from the sun to cool down the roads.

Cultivation

The ‘Tupelo Tower “black Sour gum is a tree like like to be grown in a moist atmosphere but also needs to be exposed to the sun. its best grown in medium to wet drained soils or acidic soil usually the rating of 6.0. ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum is a tree that poorly drains it could grow if it was just to stand in still water but it also likes to covered and shelter and blocked by cold winds.

Shape

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ Sour gum is the shape of an oval elliptical with shiny green leaves where that are very easy to identify because they are usually crowded up by the tips and there are known for early colour changes and starts with purple and moves to many more.

Growth

Slow

ID Characteristic

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ Sour gum is a tree that is green leaves in the summer but in the fall the leaves turn red,orange,purple and yellow witch is really pretty to see,also the tree has medium size leaves that has little blue fruits that birds love to feed off. The ‘Tupelo Tower’ is also known for it shade either for street tree or even in gardens.

Pests

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum is usually known as a pest free tree.

Habitat

Horticultural origin.

Bark/Stem Description

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum is an old looking bark that is light grey that has various ridges on it in a rectangular shape which is usually known as cobbled.bark

Flower/Leaf Bud Description

The ‘Tupelo Tower” black sour gum has a bud that looks like a little bud that is almost like bark colour that's brown there are not too big usually like few centimetres big but just as a single bud at the top of them branch.

Leaf Description

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum has a very cool leaf it is shaped as an overall witch make it very easy to identify and because it medium sized shaped leaf witch makes it easier also. The leaf margin on this tree is dentate and entire but usually the leaf stays to 3-6 inches. The leafs are pretty cool because in the summer they are shiny dark green but when fall hits they turn scarlet red orange and yellow colour.

Flower Description

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum has flowers that are green and white that are roughly in size about one inch. This tree like to bloom around spring time. This tree does attract pollinators as well as songbirds.

Fruit Description

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ black sour gum has fruit that grows off this tree and there are small juicy dark edible blue fruit that are like egg shaped these fruits bloom around Autumn time and have a small arrangement on them.

Colour Description

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum has nice foliage on it colour green in the summer time with beautiful buds. You get greenish and white flowers once the fall hits and the tree leaves start to turn orange, yellow and red witch really brings out the tree especially with it square old looking bark that has various ridges in brings it out those colour in the fall.

Texture Description

The ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum has few different textures the bark is like a rough feeling when you rub your hand down it. The leafs on this tree has a smooth texture down the leaf with the feel off the margins and veins in the back.

Propagation

How the ‘Tupelo Tower’ black Sour gum is propagated is through a plant propagator seed sown and it done by seedlings what happen is the shoots are forced from the cuttings into a greenhouse and then into sandy soil which creates bottom heat and mist so when the roots are ready they take place 2- 3 weeks and then after that's all done the plant and its cutting gets transplanted after its done growing for 6 weeks.

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