Common name: " American Bittersweet "
Latin name: Celastrus scandens Zone: 3 - 8
Growth habit: Climbing vine
Max height: 20' - 30'
Spread: Unlimited
Flowers: Yes, summer.
Native to area: No, Eastern United States
by bopjg Oct 24, 2003 7:08 PM
Photo courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm & Nursery. Yellow Fall leaves (here on a male) in front of red Oxydendrum arboreum.
by mystic Jan 24, 2008 2:49 AM
by grik Aug 1, 2009 11:18 PM
by grik Aug 1, 2009 11:18 PM
UBC Botanical Garden
by growin Aug 2, 2011 4:27 PM
A vine on a fence in ne Illinois in the 1980's
by Rickwebb Jan 18, 2014 2:15 PM
The summer foliage of the vine planted on a fence in ne Illinois; good siting
by Rickwebb Jan 18, 2014 2:15 PM
American Bttersweet twining on a trellis at Willowbrook Animal Sanctuary in Gel Ellyn, IL in June 2015
by Rickwebb Jul 3, 2015 7:22 AM
The leaves in June 2015 in ne IL at Willowbrook Animal Sanctuary
by Rickwebb Jul 3, 2015 7:22 AM
the bigger vine on the left is this Bittersweet, planted at Morris Arboretum in se PA, in June 2016
by Rickwebb Jun 16, 2016 3:17 PM
another shot at Morris Arboretum in June 2016 in southeast Pennsylvania
by Rickwebb Jun 16, 2016 3:17 PM
the base of the American Bittersweet at Morris Arboretum on the trellis in June 2016
by Rickwebb Jun 16, 2016 3:17 PM
W. J. Beal Botanical Garden, Mi. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/
by Kell Sep 17, 2018 8:33 PM
