Welsh Copper Society. The Welsh copper industries of mining, smelting and refining created generations of talented workers. Although dominated by men, women took part too, particularly in the North Wales mines.
Bittersweet is defined as a climbing plant in the nightshade family or Celastrus genus, or the emotion that joins joy and sadness. An example of bittersweet is a woody nightshade vine with small orange fruits. An example of bittersweet is the state of ending college. bittersweet a North American twining woody vine (Celastrus scandens) of the staff-tree family, with poisonous leaves, and bearing clusters of small orange fruits with bright-red fleshy seeds
Extension Educator, Horticulture. jaschult@illinois.edu. A plant to consider for a colorful fall display is American Bittersweet. But like a lot of plants, there are pluses and minuses to its use in the landscape. American Bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, is native to North America.It is a vigorously growing woody vine that may reach a height and width of twenty feet or more. common question I receive is from people who have planted American Bittersweet for its fruit, but their vine refuses to produce fruit. The most common reason for this problem is that like some other plants, such as holly, there are male and female bittersweet plants.