• Height: 30- 50; 20' spread; straight trunk and horizontal branches
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    Color: Leaves emerge red and persist through summer, maturing to a dark green and turning various shades of orange and red in the fall; fruits are sour and best left for wildlife
    	
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    Attracts: birds, insignificant flowers provide early nectar for bees
    	
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    Well-drained soil; tolerates drought and standing water; full sun to partial shade; best planted in spring.
    	
 

Black gum 'Wildfire'

$65.00Price
3 Gallons

  • An absolutely beautiful tree with slender limbs and silvery grey bark; new leaves emerge a showy red-purple and persist through summer, maturing to a deep green and turning red again in the fall; purple drupes attract birds.