Mistletoe vine-Phoradendron flavescens

Buy Mistletoe vine at TN nursery. This plant is most commonly used around the holidays in which people hang the vine so that they can kiss whoever is caught underneath it but it has many other uses as well. A traditional Christmas holiday decoration is the plant which represented fertility life romance and peace. The Druids believed it would bring good health and luck. It was also used for medicinal purposes in treating several ailments. In reality this plant is a semi parasitic plant that makes its own food but thrives on other living plants for water and nutrients. Because it does not have a root system it feeds on a host tree using root-like projections called haustoria. These projections penetrate the host tree and suck out water and nutrients thereby earning the name Vampire plant. It can weaken and even kill a stressed tree. This plant comes in two varieties. That which is most commonly used as a Christmas decoration is native to North America and may be seen on trees from New Jersey to Florida. The second species is European in origin. It is an evergreen shrub with thickly-clustered leaves and tiny yellow flowers which bloom in February and March. The sticky white fruit or berries of the plant are considered poisonous. It grows most often on apple trees but may also grow on others...such as the lime hawthorn sycamore poplar and fir. Occasionally it can be found growing on the oak. The common name of the plant is derived from the old belief that the plant was propagated from bird droppings. This notion was related to the generally accepted principle of the time that life could spontaneously spring from dung. It was noted that the plant frequently appeared on branches or twigs where birds had left their droppings. Mistel is the Anglo-Saxon word for dung and tan is the word for twig. Thus in a literal sense Mistletoe means dung-on-a-twig. Buy your wholesale plants from our online nursery

Use this beautiful plant at your home

This plant is excellent to landscape around beautiful fixtures like trees. They are a great plant to use as something to turn a flowerbed into a work of art and make your home look great.

These plants make great flowering plants for homes

These flowering plants will add great beauty to the homes they are at, which make them plants to have in the summer time months with their flowers. Some people like to plant these wonderful flowering plants around any type of fence or trellis and around their houses because of them being so beautiful and covering the area so well.

Zone - 2-5

Mature Height: 1.5-3 ft.

Mature Width:  1.5-3 ft.

Growth/Year: 1.5-3 ft.

Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Soil Conditions: none

Botanical Name: Phoradendron flavescens