You have plenty of reasons to get rid of Oriental bittersweet, but removing this fast-growing vine is easier said than done.

Learn how to identify 'Oriental bittersweet' (Celastrus orbiculatus) so you can stop it, and how to tell it apart from our native species, the threatened American bittersweet, (Celastrus scandens ...

Along with purple loosestrife and Japanese knotweed, oriental bittersweet is a noxious... Oriental bittersweet must be stopped News Times Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

This should not be confused by American bittersweet which has red berries with orange capsules. Additionally, dense infestations of Oriental bittersweet will give a wooded area a messy, chaotic look.

A press release from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA): As Minnesotans decorate their homes for the holiday season, the MDA is asking them to watch for Oriental bittersweet, an invasive… ...

GRAND HAVEN --- Horrors! A dear, well-meaning friend recently presented me with a colorful outdoor wreath she'd made...and it was all I could do to keep from recoiling when I saw the vivid orange ...

Q. What can you tell me about bittersweet? I love to use it in holiday arrangements, but I have been told by some friends it is an invasive plant. A. There are two kinds of bittersweet – one is ...

Like so many plants that became pests, oriental bittersweet was intentionally introduced in the 1860s in the U.S. — another proof, if we need it, that messing with Mother Nature rarely works out ...

Looking bleak out there, but a few colorful things remain. One of the fall plants that remain colorful are bittersweet vines. These vines like the warning on fall clematis, can become invasive ...

Along with purple loosestrife and Japanese knotweed, oriental bittersweet is a noxious... Oriental bittersweet must be stopped Connecticut Post Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...