
American Bittersweet
- Botanical Name
- Celastrus scandens
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 8
- Height
- 15 to 20 feet
- Width
- 3 to 6 feet
- Flowers
- May thru June: white, yellow
- Fruit
- Round orange-yellow
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Tolerates most soil types except wet
- Planting & Care
- Female plants need a male pollinator to produce fruit
- Prune in late winter to early spring when dormant
- Problems
- Suckers and can colonize in the wild, birds spread seed
- Varieties
- Indian Brave - male
- Indian Maiden - female
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