Tupelo honey may be the only variety of honey to have an album and a romantic song named after it, not to mention a city in Mississippi. That album, by Van Morrison, released in 1971, put the ...

Many of the trees - like this one - along downtown Main Street have had to be removed because they've exceeded their life spans. The city now plans to plant new trees and hang flower baskets on Main, ...

Travel this state and you’ll encounter a varied landscape. Look closely to discover some of the most distinctive regional honeys to be found anywhere. Honey can take you all over Florida. And honey is ...

I want to highlight two of the “trees for bees” that I mentioned last week. One is Nyssa sylvatica, a.k.a. black gum or tupelo. I fell in love with this tree in the Connecticut woods near where I grew ...

Blackgum, also called black tupelo, tupelo gum, or just tupelo, is a tree that loves to grow in water and water-soaked soils. In fact, the genus Nyssa is the name of a water nymph. The tree grows ...

Removing a tree, whether because of storm damage, disease, pests or decay, is a loss — but it’s also an opportunity. “When you replace a tree, you have a chance to choose a species that will diversify ...