Add exceptional native beauty and breathtaking fall color to your landscape with Black Tupelo, one of North America’s most admired ornamental shade trees. This elegant native tree features glossy dark green foliage throughout the growing season before transforming into a spectacular display of yellow, orange, bright red, scarlet, and purple tones in autumn—often all appearing on the same branch at once.

Its graceful branching structure and outstanding seasonal color make Black Tupelo an excellent choice for large landscapes, woodland gardens, wildlife habitats, and native plantings. In addition to its ornamental value, this tree supports pollinators and birds while providing valuable shade and long-term landscape interest. These healthy plants are shipped established in 1 gallon nursery pots and are ready to thrive in the landscape.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Black Tupelo tree
✔️ 1 gallon pot plant
✔️ Native ornamental shade tree
✔️ Brilliant multicolor fall foliage
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Black Tupelo
• Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica
• Plant Type: Deciduous shade tree
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Moist, acidic, well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; prefers consistent moisture during establishment
• Mature Height: Approximately 30–50 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 20–30 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 4–9
• Container Friendly: No; best suited for landscape planting

Care Tip: Plant in acidic soil with good moisture retention for best growth and strongest fall color development. Young trees benefit from regular watering during dry periods while establishing roots.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.