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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    October 31, 2019
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    I have answered this on the other question that you have posted with the image. Thanks!

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    linstor on
    October 31, 2019
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    Thank you so much, it is a first for me despite all the rummaging around the undergrowth I've done over the years.

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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    October 31, 2019
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    This is Phytolacca esculenta. It is native worldwide, and can be considered quite invasive. Make sure that you don't eat the berries once they form. They are toxic.

    This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm

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  • Answered by
    GKH_Susan on
    August 9, 2020
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    It looks more like pokeweed, which some people like and others hate. It is a good wildlife plant if you have room to spare, if not, it can take over your yard. The birds eat the berries and drop seeds everywhere that grow easily but have to be dug up. The plant and berries are toxic to humans. If you have kids around I would not keep it.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/growing-pokeberry-plants.htm

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    BushDoctor on
    August 19, 2020
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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    November 2, 2020
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    Pokeweed. Remove them before they establish. Also, that soil is very saturated, which the Pokeweed can survive (being as invasive at it is) but most other plants will not.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm

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  • Answered by
    GKH_Susan on
    November 12, 2020
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    The plant in the container looks like pokeweed, though it usually has some pink or purple on the stems. You will know for sure if it flowers and produces a raceme of berries, similar to small grapes. If so, I don't advise keeping it. The leaves and berries are poisonous, except to birds who will eat them and drop seed everywhere and before you know it, pokeweed is growing all over the yard and is hard to pull up.

    The yellow flowered plant is common wireweed (Sida acuta), and is useful as a native plant for wildlife. If left uncut, it can grow into a 4-foot shrub.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm

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  • Answered by
    GKH_Susan on
    November 19, 2020
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    The plant in the container looks like pokeweed, though it usually has some pink or purple on the stems. You will know for sure if it flowers and produces a raceme of berries, similar to small grapes. If so, I don't advise keeping it. The leaves and berries are poisonous, except to birds who will eat them and drop seed everywhere and before you know it, pokeweed is growing all over the yard and is hard to pull up.

    The yellow flowered plant is common wireweed (Sida acuta), and is useful as a native plant for wildlife. If left uncut, it can grow into a 4-foot shrub.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/pokeweed/controlling-pokeberry-plants.htm

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