Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio is home to about 1,800 native plants, and some of them get more love than others. The state wildflower, large-flowered ...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a plant with the word “weed” built right into its name would cause many people to have a sour attitude when they see its leaves popping up in mulched beds, along ...

Recently, a rather unaware gardener, perhaps busy with many noble tasks, had an abundance of poke berries that proliferated throughout the garden. However, if one is a native plant enthusiast, this ...

Up until recently (when I finally looked this up), I thought pokeweed was a noxious invasive plant and was horrified when some popped up out back along a sunny border. It snuck up on me, I didn’t see ...

Pokeweed is a weedy native species that is easy to identify from its dark purple berries on pinkish to red stems this time of year. Swihart Swihart Pokeweed is a weedy native species that is easy to ...

Pokeweed, or inkberry if you prefer, emerges in the spring as a clump of large pale green, pointed oval leaves, each about eight inches long. If you try to pull it up, it almost always breaks off, ...

One day last week before I could leave with my car I had to clean a purplish wash off its front window. Right now it’s not uncommon to find this stain at many places because there are lots of pokeweed ...

Ohio is home to about 1,800 native plants, and some of them get more love than others. The state wildflower, large-flowered trillium, is a spectacular sign of spring, and it's oohed and aahed over.