AKRON, Ohio - Deidre Betancourt is used to getting puzzled looks and wisecracks about the tree sprouting from her yard. It's not a living plant, but a bottle tree - a tree-shaped metal frame with wine ...

Looking for a holiday gift for the gardener who has everything? How about a bottle tree? The decorative “trees” — with colored glass bottles for “branches” — are a tradition in the rural South and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I love this form of old-school, Southern garden art that glistens in the sun and howls in the wind. Bottle trees are also great ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Afternoon sunlight reflects off cobalt blue bottles shaped like violins, cats and grape clusters on iron-rebar tree branches in Cindy Norwood’s back yard.

Deidre Betancourt is used to getting puzzled looks and wisecracks about the tree sprouting from her yard. It's a bottle tree — a tree-shaped metal frame with wine bottles stuck on the ends of the ...