Step into a world of towering giants as you experience a close encounter with the overhanging branches of majestic gum trees. Their sprawling limbs stretch high above, creating a mesmerizing ...

This week, we introduce the black gum or Nyssa sylvatica. The black gum, also known as bee gum, sour gum, black tupelo or pepperidge, has glossy, green oblong leaves broader at the tip that at the ...

They also dedicate energy to sealing the wounds created by pruning. Pruning branches full of leaves diminishes the tree’s capacity to photosynthesize and replenish carbohydrate reserves.