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.

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 ...

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 ...

Q. These weeds suddenly, and prolifically, sprouted in an area of the garden after I scrubbed it of pine needles and ivy vines. We’d never seen them before, in our almost 40 years here. They pull up ...

Poke, the plant in the '60s song "Poke Salad Annie," is one of the unsung heroes of the American Revolution. From its berries came the writing ink of the common colonist far from sources of rare and ...

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 ...