To me, a weed is in the eye of the beholder and native ... The gorgeous, dapper thrushes are smitten with pokeweed berries and make frequent trips to the berry buffet. They aren’t the only ...

Especially when festooned with racemes of dangling purplish-black berries. Pokeweed, alas, has the temerity to pop up in unwanted places in our yards. The wayward adventurers are undoubtedly ...