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.

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Gurdeep S. Sareen, PharmD Key Takeaways Pokeweed is a poisonous plant that can cause a rash on the skin ...

When birdwatcher Patricia Scanlon wrote to ask if I would write a column on pokeweed and all of its benefits for wildlife, I had a nice little feeling of affirmation. Just last year, I decided to let ...

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 ...

A friend of mine recently asked me to identify a plant in her yard. It was pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), sometimes called pokeberry or inkberry. This plant has an interesting history. In Southern ...

They pop up quickly, like an alien invasion in our yards. They spread downward through the soil as quickly as they grow upward. The invasion is so widespread that you may see it anywhere you go, if ...

Okay, fun fact- did you know that the original Declaration of Independence owes its existence to a plant? Editor’s note: With gardening, and weed season now in full swing Nicole has assembled a list ...