Phytolacca americana
Description
Phytolacca americana, American pokeweed, Poke berry, Red ink plant
Deciduous shrub, Ht. 4m, spread 1.5m. An upright herbaceous perennial with mid-green leaves that tinged with purple in autumn. White-pink flowers appear from mid-summer followed by crimson-black berries in autumn. Medicinal
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Available as
American pokeweed herb plants are available: A 2 Litre herb plant costs £14.50.
For herb plants, please see our Looking Good List for availability. You can organise a Farm Collection, collect at one of our Open Days or during a Herb Experience. Please use our online webform or email your list directly to us ([email protected]). We no longer offer a general mail order service for our herb plants but we do offer a limited selection of Jekka’s Culinary Herb Boxes.
