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White Oak vs Black GumQuercus alba Nyssa sylvatica SOLD OUT COMING SOON (new stock expected: later this season)
White Oak is large, long-lived tree with an irregular trunk divided into spreading, often horizontal, stout branches. A highly adaptable tree, White Oak features green acorns and beautiful green leaves that turn red-purple in the fall.
Black Gum is a slow-growing ornamental shade tree with a dense pyramidal shape. The foliage is dark green in the summer, and transitions to bright fall colours which include red, orange, purple, and gold. It is commonly used as an ornamental tree in parks and large gardens as a specimen or shade tree. WHITE OAK QUICK FACTSBLACK GUM QUICK FACTS
Spread:
8 m (25 ft)
Fall colour:
dark red
Fall colour:
purple, orange, yellow, red
Berries:
dark blue
Flavor:
sour
Harvest:
september to october
Nuts:
acorns
Growth rate:
slow
Growth rate:
slow
Maintenance:
medium
Maintenance:
low
Pollution tolerance:
high
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Other Names:
black tupelo, pepperidge tree, sour gum, tupelo
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