Bittersweet

[rwhitehead at cix.compulink.co.uk]

In article <eAlCrH5B$GA.234 at cpmsnbbsa05>, peterjbilling at email.msn.com (Peter 
Billinghurst) wrote:

> If you are talking about Solanum dulcamara in UK,  this grows prolifically
> here in the wild, and I cannot imagine has any market value.

That thought crossed my mind, too.  8-)

However, as is often the way, this American common name denotes a different 
species to the one we know in Britain. There it is applied to plants of the 
genus Celastrus, especially C. scandens, an ornamental climber with orange 
fruit that is very attractive to birds. It is also used for a hybrid of 
Californian lilac, Ceanothus X serrulatus, and, as "evergreen bittersweet", 
for Euonymus fortunei.

Regards,
 
Roger
 
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Roger Whitehead,
Oxted, Surrey, England