TUPELO • A copse of Christmas trees has, seemingly overnight, sprung up in Tupelo’s Ballard Park. The trees are a part of the city’s inaugural Christmas Tree Festival. Jointly sponsored by ...

Tupelo honey is highly prized because of its unique flavor and rare availability, making it special to try. It comes from tupelo trees in Florida and Georgia, blooming for just 2-3 weeks each year.

For Southerners, the mention of tupelo trees brings to mind the unique honey. The river swamps of north Florida and south Georgia are the habitat of the Ogeechee tupelo (Nyssa ogeche), source of the ...

TUPELO — The Salvation Army of Tupelo is gearing up its annual Angel Tree program, turning every member of the community into one of Santa’s little helpers. Volunteers and members of the Salvation ...

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 ...