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American Bittersweet

American Bittersweet

Pods Split at Frost, Reveal Red Berries



Orange seedpods, scarlet fruit—handsome trained to fence or trellis. Both male and female plants provided for proper fruit production. Climbs to 20 ft. Potted. Zones 3-8.
Not available in CT, MA, NC, NH and VT.

This item will ship in fall 2012.
If our fall shipping season is closed, your order will be shipped the following fall.

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Product Details
Zones: 3 - 8
Height: 20 ft
Spacing: 6-8 ft
Depth: plant at same depth as in nursery
Spread: 20 ft
Sun/Shade: full-part sun
Color: yellowish-white
Foliage: deep green , glossy foliage, turning yellowish-green in fall
Blooms: June
Comments: PLANTING: PLANT THREE OR MORE TO ENSURE POLLINATION. WITHOUT PROPER POLLINATION YOUR PLANTS WILL NOT PRODUCE BERRIES.GROWTH: VINE WILL GROW 12 INCHES PER YEAR. RED AND YELLOW BERRIES.PH:6.0-6.5
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American Bittersweet Ships In The Fall
Unable to ship to: AE AK CT GU HI MA NC NH PR VT

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 -  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
good plant
Reviewed By: jack (fairfield, ct)
Elizabeth, please read about the plant before you comment. This American Bittersweet is beautiful and needs to be promoted. It's is a NATIVE!!!! Hard to find in the trade. The other Asian plant can be pulled and responds well to roundup and other herbicides. Once you cut the vine on the Asian plant, they will die. We need to not be lazy gardeners and be proactive.If we ever find a commercial use, other than basket making material, for the Asian species, I can guarantee that it too will become rare with time.

 -  Monday, September 20, 2010
Native versus Invasive
Reviewed By: Debbie Maurer (Grayslake, Illinois)
American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) produces berries and fruits only at the end of the branches (terminally), while the Asian Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) produces fruit all along the branches, in multiple clusters. Based on the photo, this plant appears to be the Asian Bittersweet, which is very invasive and problematic throughout the eastern US and Midwest, especially when it escapes into native woodlands.

 -  Monday, September 13, 2010
Good vine
Reviewed By: Kathy (Kokomo, IN)
The Asian bittersweet is virulent! American bittersweet is NOT. It grows easily and is beautiful and vigorous. It needs a male to pollinate it. No boy, no berries. I'm in zone 5.


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American Bittersweet
Pods Split at Frost, Reveal Red Berries

  (5 customer reviews)

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Orange seedpods, scarlet fruit—handsome trained to fence or trellis. Both male and female plants provided for proper fruit production. Climbs to 20 ft. Potted. Zones 3-8.
Not available in CT, MA, NC, NH and VT.

This item will ship in fall 2012.
If our fall shipping season is closed, your order will be shipped the following fall.


Product Details
Zones: 3 - 8
Height: 20 ft
Spacing: 6-8 ft
Depth: plant at same depth as in nursery
Spread: 20 ft
Sun/Shade: full-part sun
Color: yellowish-white
Foliage: deep green , glossy foliage, turning yellowish-green in fall
Blooms: June
Comments: PLANTING: PLANT THREE OR MORE TO ENSURE POLLINATION. WITHOUT PROPER POLLINATION YOUR PLANTS WILL NOT PRODUCE BERRIES.GROWTH: VINE WILL GROW 12 INCHES PER YEAR. RED AND YELLOW BERRIES.PH:6.0-6.5
Shipping: View Shipping Schedule
American Bittersweet Ships In The Fall
Unable to ship to: AE AK CT GU HI MA NC NH PR VT

Customer Reviews
Overall Rating:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers

Sort Reviews: Newest | Oldest | Highest Rating | Lowest Rating 

 -  Wednesday, October 19, 2011
good plant
Reviewed By: jack (fairfield, ct)
Elizabeth, please read about the plant before you comment. This American Bittersweet is beautiful and needs to be promoted. It's is a NATIVE!!!! Hard to find in the trade. The other Asian plant can be pulled and responds well to roundup and other herbicides. Once you cut the vine on the Asian plant, they will die. We need to not be lazy gardeners and be proactive.If we ever find a commercial use, other than basket making material, for the Asian species, I can guarantee that it too will become rare with time.

 -  Monday, September 20, 2010
Native versus Invasive
Reviewed By: Debbie Maurer (Grayslake, Illinois)
American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) produces berries and fruits only at the end of the branches (terminally), while the Asian Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) produces fruit all along the branches, in multiple clusters. Based on the photo, this plant appears to be the Asian Bittersweet, which is very invasive and problematic throughout the eastern US and Midwest, especially when it escapes into native woodlands.

 -  Monday, September 13, 2010
Good vine
Reviewed By: Kathy (Kokomo, IN)
The Asian bittersweet is virulent! American bittersweet is NOT. It grows easily and is beautiful and vigorous. It needs a male to pollinate it. No boy, no berries. I'm in zone 5.


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