American Bittersweet Vine Gallon Size SEXED PAIR
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American Bittersweet Vine Gallon Size SEXED PAIR
SquareTrade © AP6.0 New Page 1 Moonshine Designs Nursery Located in Milan, Illinois 309-756-1967 Fax: 309-756-1058 American Bittersweet Vine Sexed Pair Gallon Size Plants Celastrus Scandens Celastrus is derived from an ancient Greek name Scandens refers to its climbing habit. This is one of our specialties! A must for crafts & great for the birds! Native American Vine! Other common names.—False bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, fevertwig, fever-twitch, staff tree, climbing staff tree, staff vine, waxwork, Roxbury waxwork, yellowroot, climbing orange-root, Jacob's-ladder. American bittersweet is a native woody and shrubby climber, growing over trees or fences. It has smooth thin leaves 2 to 4 inches long and about half as wide. The small greenish-white flowers are produced in June in short clusters. The fruit is a round, orange-yellow capsule which opens in autumn, disclosing the scarlet-colored seed pod. The seed capsules remain on the plant well into the cold season and provide food for birds in the winter. Fruits are eaten by songbirds, ruffed grouse, pheasants, bobwhite and squirrel. Old fruits are eaten as survival foods by many birds and animals in late winter. Fruits should NOT be eaten by humans. While not extremely toxic, they will "clean you out at both ends". Bunches of twisted branchlets, loaded with fruit, are very decorative and the plant is disappearing in many places because of the ruthless methods of market pickers. Our stock is not from the wild!! We have selected 'stock' plants which grow on site here and have chosen the best over the years for the most desirable characteristics. THIS IS NOT CHINESE BITTERSWEET---WHICH IS INVASIVE Fall colors. Click for larger view. Way back in the dark and mysterious past, many shepherds hung bittersweet around the necks of those sheep which were suspected to be under the evil eye. I don't think it is really necessary myself. Save this bit of lore for your next trivia game. Uses & Culture Often planted as an ornamental vine for the showy fruits. A good climber on trellises, arbors, porches. Fast growing. Decorative berries and twisted vines make interesting projects. You will need both male and female plants to produce berries! MUST be planted within 30 feet of each other. These plants offered here are sexed plants from known parents propagated by cuttings. Offer is for one each of a male and a female. Plants are two years old from a cutting. May not bear the first year from planting. See our other listings or our website for unsexed plants in quantity. Light: Partial to full sun. Best fruit in full sun. Soil Moisture: Dry to moist. Soil pH: Acid to neutral. Hardy to zone 4a and some say zone 3. I have seen Bittersweet growing wild in Sawyer County Wisconsin. Click on above thumbnails for larger views Makes great fall and winter decorations. Vines tend to twist around each other (see pic below) and may be used for wreaths and other craft projects! These are 18-36" plants grown in gallon pots and shipped semi-bare root. These are sold as sexed pairs only in this listing. Plants are 2 year old and are well established. This is a good route to go for covering a large area. Plant 4-10 feet apart for an effective screen. Complete culture included and is also available on our web site. See the "About Me" for more details. Makes great fall and winter decorations. Vines tend to twist around each other and may be used for wreaths and other craft projects! Please see our other listings for more garden items!Our plants are heavy, container grown stock from vegetive cuttings. Plants are grown in one gallon* nursery pots and are 24-30 months old with well established root systems. Not like the small field-dug plants offered by many mail-order nurseries! Shipped semi-bare root. Shipped out of pot with rootball wrapped. Container grown; shipped semi-bare root. Shipping mid to late October thru December and March thru July. Plants shipped late fall and early spring will be dormant. This is NOT a house plant! It MUST experience the change of seasons OUTDOORS! Shipping to Continental 48 States ONLY. Will not grow in AK, HI, PR, VI. Not available for export Rootball is wrapped. Live delivery guaranteed We can ship ASAP or you may specify a date. If you desire delayed shipment, it MUST be specified WITH payment. Combined shipping is not always automatic!! Please request a combined amount when you have finished purchasing or bidding. Checks, money orders, and Visa, Discover, Mastercard accepted as well as PayPal. Please see our other auctions for more garden items! Email:djroger Moonshine Designs Nursery is a grower! We are not brokers, a drop shipper, or someone that buys in cheap bulk to just resell as a lot of other sellers do. I have been in the nursery and growing business since 1972. We are licensed as a nursery and inspected by the State of Illinois Department of Agriculture. All plants or bundles are tagged. How-to-grow-it Booklet included with every plant order. Email us with any questions you may have. We will respond within 24 hours. For quicker information, feel free to phone us at 309-756-1967. However, keep in mind that it is not possible to man the phone 24/7! If you get the answering machine, please leave a number where you can be reached after 4:00 PM Central time. Email: inquiries Please read before bidding! Auction winners: You should receive an e-mail from Paypal within 24 hours of the auction's close. NOTE: Emails are sent to the email address you have registered with eBay. Note that we do NOT answer spam filter emails! Be sure your registered email address is current! We expect to hear from you within 3 days of the auction's close. Please forward information including your name, shipping address (Full address required. 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However, if your check comes back NSF or account closed, there is a bank charge fee of $25.00 plus the amount of the check. We have and WILL pursue bad check writers. Unpaid checks will be turned over to collections or the States Attorney. We will also leave appropriate feedback and report the event to eBay. SALES TAX: Items shipped to an Illinois address are liable for 6.25% Sales Tax. This includes items shipped to an Illinois address as a gift from out of state. No exceptions. If you are exempt, then a copy of your Illinois resale license is required. There is no Sales tax on shipping charges. SHIPMENT: We try to ship your items within a week of receiving payment. Seeds usually ship within 48 hours. 99% of plant items ship on a Monday or Tuesday. Please note that during peak times in Spring and Fall, shipping may take 7-14 days. We reserve the right to delay shipment if the weather is excessively hot or cold until it moderates. If shipment is to be to a different address, please SPECIFY that address at time of payment. WARRANTY: We do guarantee our plants to arrive at your doorstep alive and healthy plus 90 days for trees and shrubs; and 30 days for herbs and perennials. NOTE: Other than live delivery guarantee, we do not warranty any plant or seed item that is planted outside of the recommended USDA zone.. For example, if you live in zone 9 and purchase a lilac, the warranty is void as they do not survive in zones above USDA zone 8. This warranty does not cover loss by animal damage, flood, fire, drought, theft, or errant lawn equipment. Please keep in mind that both late in the year and in early spring, the plant will most likely be dormant. This does not mean it is dead! Plants in dormancy is the norm during late fall through early spring. We are in USDA Zone 5 and have a real winter here. Please follow care instructions and culture. Some types of plants shipped in the summer may wilt or drop their leaves. This is normal and will grow back. All seeds, plants, and plant materials are sold without any other warranty, express or implied, of any kind and in no case shall Moonshine Designs be liable for more than the original purchase price of any plant item or seeds. Since we cannot control climate and planting conditions, no other warranty is expressed or implied. If, for some reason, your plants should arrive dead, we will replace the plant or refund the amount of the auction win at our option. Proof may be required. We do not refund shipping costs. In some cases, we may ask you to return the plant at our expense. In such a case, it must be packaged properly. LOSS OR DAMAGE: If you should receive a damaged shipment, DO NOT REFUSE DELIVERY. You will NOT receive any credit or adjustment! CONTACT us at once and we will process your claim. 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