Pokeweed has been used in alternative medicine to treat tonsillitis, skin conditions, and more. But the plant, an herb native ...

Supporting native plants, even pokeweed, have huge benefits for wildlife ... Nature: Spotted lanternflies invade Ohio So are ...

So are American robins. Passing flocks of migrants ... and most of our birds are in decline. Leaving a few pokeweed plants, should they appear, can only help. After observing the feathered crowd ...

Encouragingly, though, native-plant nurseries are increasingly pushing the virtues of sedges. Another native I might include in the unloved category is pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), which few ...