Mid-Atlantic Gardening: June Pics Continued, 1 by claypa

claypa wrote:
No way! I planted them on purpose a year and a half ago. I had a nice big clump at the end of the driveway, all pink with one white one. I probably scattered some seeds there "just to make sure" there'd be more this year - well, no need to worry about that, because there are HUNDREDS of little seedlings down there. No big deal, I moved a few to a better spot and let a bunch grow right where they were. I only want a few dozen or fewer - the rest are extras - I guess that makes them weeds, in my case.

But this one came up in the backyard (bad pic), and it must have gotten a head start somehow. It's a lot bigger.

Some plants called "weed" are just old-time farmer's lingo for whatever wasn't the crop they were growing. Ironweed, milkweed, pokeweed, butterfly weed, and lots more are just native American plants, some with garden merit, some maybe not. But I always let a few pokeweeds grow. They're nice green foliage, they don't bother me, and the birds love it.