Bittersweet from Mayesh is a woody ornamental that throws out long, straggling, slender branches reaching many feet in length.
Woody cuts” or “woodies” come from perennial shrubs, trees, or woody vines. Flowering branches, foliage, fruits, pods, and stems are gaining wide use in creative floral design.The berries of the Bittersweet are green at first, afterwards becoming orange and finally bright red, and are produced in constant succession throughout the summer and early autumn.
Bittersweet is the most exciting of fall looks adding dramtic style to everything. Be creative and experitment. Wrap it around handles, vases, gifts, garlands and wreaths. Fall arrangements can only be made more perfect because bittersweet adds movement to designs of all types.
Folklore: In the days of belief in witchcraft, shepherds used to hang it as a charm round the necks of those of their beasts whom they suspected to be under the evil eye.
Bittersweet