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find the black fruits of Japanese honeysuckle much to their liking; they also like its dense tangles for hiding their nests.
I fear birds must be found guilty of the spread of this pest.
Oriental bittersweet is another introduced vine that has become dangerously invasive; it takes over and crowds out our elegant natives. I admit that its orange and scarlet berries are handsome. They keep their color when dried.
Unfortunately, birds love them. There is a native bittersweet, celastrus scandens, which is just as handsome. It is rare, however. It is my wish to find a supplier of the native species so I and others can plant it and replace the oriental bittersweet which is causing real problems for many native species. We can only blame ourselves when birds spread the seeds of introduced plants.
Of all the native shrubs or small trees with beautiful fruits, I find viburnums the handsomest. Birds like them also but for different reasons. Virginia viburnums come with colorful common names: wild raisin, nannyberry, sheepberry, blackhaw and arrowwood. All are beautiful. Foamy clusters of white flowers in May produce the blue fruits birds like so much. It’s good to be an October berry-Watcher.
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