If you’re in the market for new trees, consider planting natives. They are generally lower maintenance than exotic species, require less water, fertilizers and pesticides, and often cost less, too.

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 ...

If you had planted a sugar maple seedling the year Tupelo native Kayla Clayborne Counts started volunteering with the Horticultural Society of Middle Tennessee, today you could have a tree almost 15 ...

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 ...

TUPELO – Tupelo was named a 2014 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation on Tuesday in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management.

Jars of tupelo and sourwood honey on sale - Jen Wolf/Shutterstock If you've ever seen jars of tupelo honey for sale someplace, you might have asked yourself two questions: "Why did they name a honey ...