BOTTLE TREES

BOTTLE TREES HAVE BECOME QUITE POPULAR IN RECENT YEARS AMONG GARDENERS.BOTTLE TREES ARE AN OLD CUSTOM BROUGHT OVER BY SLAVES FROM THE CONGO. THE LEGEND IS THAT SPIRITS(BAD SPIRITS) ARE FASCINATED BY COLORED GLASS AND THEY WOULD GO INTO THE BOTTLES BUT COULDN'T COME OUT AND WERE KILLED WHEN THE SUN CAME UP AND SHINED IN THE BOTTLE. BLUE IS THE MOST POPULAR COLOR FOR BOTTLE TREES BECAUSE IT IS THE COLOR OF WATER AND SPIRITS CANNOT CROSS WATER. WHEN I LIVED IN LOUISIANA I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TIED A BOTTLE TO EACH END OF A LONG STRING AND THREW THEM OVER THE BRANCHES IN THEIR TREES- THEY SAID THAT THE CLINKING OF THE BOTTLES WHEN THE WIND BLEW KEPT EVIL SPIRITS AWAY. I MUST NOT BE EVIL BECAUSE TO ME IT SOUNDED LIKE A LOVELY WIND CHIME.