That's the prettiest pokeweed I've ever seen! LOL I wonder what your hostas will look like.

Goes very well with your Hosta. :-D

That's really pretty, but I'd pull it before the berries are ripe and the birds go to town !

Whoa! We have GOBS of pokeweed here but I've never seen a variegated one! I might let that grow, too. Good point about the berries - even that might get old if it spreads like the plain old kind.

Wonder if the seeds would produce some variegated plants??

Wow, that's pretty cool!

:)
Dee

That is very pretty - I would be tempted to let it grow also but boy can they reproduce. Be prepared to pull a ton a babies next year. We have them on the back of our property which we let grown because the birds love them. Haven't seen any varigated ones there tho......

Lynne

hmmmmmmmm that's nice!
I wonder if this pokeweed has some kind of virus? Some viruses can produce some very nice variegation. In fact some plants are more desirable with specific viruses and are breeded as such! One of those such plants are the lovely variegated Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'

Here is a link that might be useful: Plant of The Week ~ Abutilon pictum

I think I'll cut the berries off before they mature. Maybe leave a few & let them ripen & plant them to see if they have the varigation also. I have lot of regular ones on the edge of the property that I also leave for critters. The plants themselves are pretty, but they just have too many babies, & they are a pita to get rid of!
Maggie

Hey... I have pokeweed! I didn't know that's what it is, but it's growing out by the bird feeders even tho it's not varigated!!! Good to know the name of it! Thanks...

glo

That's really pretty! I'd read of variegated pokeweed, but had not seen a photo.

There is pokeweed in the woods near my house, and this year I have pulled about a dozen babies. Strangely, I didn't see any last year. I actually transplanted a pokeweed into the dead-shade bed against my garage, to try to get a little height in there. Would you save a few of those variegated berries for me? I could send a sasbe, unless you wanted to trade.

Stage Rat, you've got mail!
Maggie

It's a weed in my garden. The birds eat the berries and poop purple all over the place and then you have a million to yank out. The varigation is very cool though. I would stand there for a minute admiring it and then yank it out like there was no tomorrow.