This native vine is in its glory right now. The dazzling orange fruit is sure to brighten the muted late fall landscape, and carefully snipped pieces make for lovely decorative arrangements when combined with oak leaves, cattails, red and yellow twig dogwood and a few sprigs from evergreen trees. Give bittersweet plenty of sunshine and a large wire mesh fence, trellis or arbor to climb on, and you will be treated to a color explosion every fall for years to come. Plant about five plants together to make sure you get both male and female vines for adequate cross pollination. Good drainage is preferred.
