Brought from Asia in the 1860s as an ornamental plant, round leaf bittersweet is a perennial in the Celastraceae family. It is an invasive woody vine that inhabits suitable areas where it can find a ...

A plant to consider for a colorful fall display is American Bittersweet. But like a lot of plants, there are pluses and minuses to its use in the landscape. American Bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, ...

The carpenter who helps me build things like the carriage house that blocks (or tries to) the four power poles in my back yard does a number of unusual odd jobs on the side to make what we used to ...

Gardeners hoping to celebrate the beauty of American bittersweet -- a native vine that produces orange berries in the fall and is used for wreaths -- may be unwittingly buying an invasive bittersweet ...

A few times while out hunting while still in my teens, I came across a plant that I’d never seen before. It was vine-like and had red berries with a yellowish sheath spilt open around the berry. I was ...