Did I pot a weed?? in the Plant ID forum

Jun 6, 2016 6:30 PM CST

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I thought this was my echinacea plant from last fall, but the more it rapidly grows, the more I think I may have potted a weed of some kind! Help?

| @aspiringgardenergal | Post #1174143 (1)

Frillylily

Jun 6, 2016 6:35 PM CST

Missouri (Zone 6a)

it may be poke weed.

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DaisyI

Jun 6, 2016 8:30 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
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Yep! A potted Pokeweed.

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RickCorey

Jun 7, 2016 10:46 AM CST

Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f

A healthy, vigorous, rapidly-growing pokeweed, in that case!

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bhart90

Jun 7, 2016 8:07 PM CST

Name: Brenden Reinhart
Flushing Michigan (Zone 6b)

Haha, my apologies. But that is the funniest title post ever haha. The weed is like "hey, she thinks I'm pretty!"

Brenden

| @bhart90 | Post #1175556 (5)

DaisyI

Jun 7, 2016 8:29 PM CST

Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
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I have let Pokeweed grow because I did think it was pretty.

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Weedwhacker

Jun 7, 2016 9:05 PM CST

Name: Sandy B.
Ford River Twp, Michigan UP (Zone 4b)
(Zone 4b-maybe 5a)

I don't think I've ever seen a pokeweed, but I say a healthy plant is a good-looking plant!

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purpleinopp

Jun 8, 2016 4:58 AM CST

Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- 🌹 (Zone 8b)

They are attractive plants, native in the US, the berries provide food for birds.

And, of course, poke sallet:
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