American Bittersweet

Celastrus Scandens

"A decorative vine with light green leaves and massive amounts of scarlet berries. A very good landscape vine. It requires little care, grows quickly and has beautiful colored foliage in fall. Trim branches in fall before frost for indoor decoration. A good highlight plant for troubleareas. Hardy for zones 3-8. Flowers small, green, and clustered. Fruits orange clustered pods that open to reveal scarlet seed coverings. Climbs to 60'. "

"Bittersweet fruits are eaten by songbirds, ruffed grouse, pheasant, and fox squirrel. In the dark and superstitious past, shepherds hung bittersweet around the necks of those sheep which were suspected to be under the evil eye. "

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