I used to have this damned stull pulling shingles off my barn. I could never understand
why some people thought it attractive.Never saw it in Virginia. Have you, WW?
bittersweet .

>1 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
2 a poisonous, climbing European vine (Solanum dulcamara) of the nightshade family, with purple flowers and red berries, now widely found as a weed in North America
3 a) bitterness and sweetness combined b) pleasure mixed with overtones of sadness
adj.
1 both bitter and sweet, as dark chocolate made with little sugar
2 pleasant with overtones of sadness