I went out to the kitchen garden last week to have a look around and took a few photos. The one of the dead zinnia 'profusion' plants was an interesting monochromatic study, I thought. It's a color photo but looks to be a black & white one. Then I walked around outside of the kitchen garden and found a bunch of bittersweet berries in among the wildlife thickets that I've kept uncultivated. I don't know if this is the native bittersweet (good) or the non-native, probably invasive Japanese type (bad). Well, which ever one they are, they are a bit of welcome color in the winter-dead landscape.
Beautiful bittersweet! I've been trying to identify the berries I have in my yard. Some people said they might be bittersweet, but they look different than yours. Mine still have green leaves on them this time of year.
Posted by: Christa | January 13, 2008 at 06:41 PM
Hi! I just left a comment about it on your blog. Bittersweet, at least the one I have, is a vine. I cannot figure out what your berry is. Is it growing wild or is it something someone planted?
Posted by: Julia | January 13, 2008 at 07:02 PM
Thanks for your comment on my blog. My mystery shrub was planted by the previous owner of the house. I think I've narrowed it down to a Euonymus of some sort. Euonymus Manhattan maybe?
Posted by: Christa | January 14, 2008 at 07:06 PM
I love the photograph of the berries. I have several Bittersweet vines and none of them have flowered.
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Posted by: | February 24, 2008 at 10:52 PM