Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental Bittersweet)


Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental Bittersweet)
3 (7)m, Oriental Bittersweet is a woody twining shrub native of thickets and forest edges and is widely distributed from China to Korea. It has medium sized, elliptical leaves, small, pale greenish white flowers and many showy, small orange fruit-capsules with beige brown seeds covered with a bright red flesh from late summer to early winter. For any rich, well drained soil in full sun to partial shade. V-VI.

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