Nyssa sylvatica 'Forum'

Forum™ Black Gum

  • Good leader with horizontal branching
  • Birds like the blue-black berries
  • Great red with yellow veining fall color
  • Wet site tolerant

  • Category: Tree
  • Patent: PP11,391
  • Hardiness Zone: 3-8
  • Height: 40-50 ft
  • Spread: 20-25 ft

Purchase options for Forum™ Black Gum

  • Size: #7 8-10'
  • Status: BeautiFULL
  • Availability: In Stock

$229.00

This upright-branching selection is quite a landscape showoff, with bird-enticing fruit in late summer and vivid red foliage that will brighten up your autumn horizon. Superb fall foliage color. Fruit attracts native birds for eating and for nesting shelter. Tolertes wet soils. Easy to grow and one of the best shade trees available.

Growing Tips for Nyssa sylvatica 'Forum'

Thrives in full sun. Feed yearly with an organic fertilizer. Prune in late winter if needed to remove dead or broken branches.