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Phytolacca americana |
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| Common name |
American pokeweed; poke sallat |
| Family |
phytolaccaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z2-11) |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
to 12' |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
likes moist soil |
From seed  |
self-seeds, with help from birds
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This huge weed grows everywhere in wild areas around us. Our friends the birds make sure it finds its way into our garden as well, but we don't let it get to its gargantuan proportions. Every once in a while though, one slips our attention for long enough to bloom. The photos on this page are evidence of such an occurrence. The berries will eventually turn deep purple to black, but we try not to let them go that far.
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Builds an impressive root system, which makes them difficult to fully extract when weeding.
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This is a weed in our garden About my plant portraits
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