Bottle Tree

Spruce up your garden with this blue bottle tree garden bottle art. The blue bottle tree is such a statement and easy to make!

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If you ever drive through rural areas of the United States, you may see bottle trees. More than yard art, they actually have a magical purpose.

This is in the arboretum. I learned some history about the blue bottle tree: Enslaved African- Americans brought these traditions over with them from Africa. Blue was an especially potent spirit repellent and the bright colors of the bottle trees were used to attract evil or ancestral spirits and keep them away from the home. It is interesting that the ancestral spirits were just as feared as the overtly evil ones. This was because of the deep-seated idea, by no means limited to people on…

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About a year ago I saw this huge bottle flower in Durham, NC. Did not have the camera with me, but promised myself I'd return with a camera....

Bottle trees aren't just pretty decorations: they hearken back to the beliefs of another time, and they are a tradition that has lasted for centuries.

Encounter a tradition kept alive through our Gullah friends. Blue bottle trees are placed in yards, but their roots date back deeply into African culture.