The plant, also called a Chinese wolfberry, grows sprawlingly into a thorny thicket peppered year-round by small, red-orange berries that look like oblong grapes. “They fruit very young.

5 plants with thorns and spines to avoid in ... popular for both its evergreen foliage and vibrant fall berries. ... While it is less dangerous than the Osage orange or black locust tree, ...

Oriental bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, has berries along its stems and has blunt thorns on its branches. It was introduced in the 1860s and because of its aggressive nature is replacing our ...

Identifying tree is a thorny task Originally published June 29, 2005 at 12:00 am Q: Three years ago we bought a tree at a farmers market called a Devil's Thorn Tree.

The thorns on pyracantha make it a good shrub for bird nesting, as the armament deters cats and humans who might be intent on finding a way through the thicket of branches. But the shrub is out-done ...

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) is identifiable by its simple, glossy, ovate leaves, typically 2-5 inches long, which turn yellow in fall. The tree produces large, round, bumpy fruits, known as ...