It's NOT rhubarb, Patti! It's pokeweed and said to make you very sick if you eat it. I personally think it's very pretty and wish it were hardy enough to grow in my flower gardens...but many people do call it a weed.
I often see lovely weeds. Perhaps if we gave them a name then they'd no longer be weeds and we could freely let them grow in our yards and gardens. :) Why waste time tending weeds? Just photograph them. LOL Wonderful Ruby Tuesday photo.
Interesting red. I have to agree with the rhubarb comment, but rhubarb is kind of hard to get started. It needs a male and female plant to even reproduce a plant for the second year. And it generally comes up in the sring and stays all summer. I love rhubarb. You have to put it in something sweet, like a strawberry marshmallo rhubarb cake. Or strawberry and rhubarb jam is fantastic. Very nice photo! And thanks for stopping by today!
I was going to guess rhubarb too - shows what I know. (FYI, don't EVER take gardening advice from me - my thumb is so black I could kill plastic plants!)
Weed isn't necessarily ugly,it's just growth out of control. Every spring I admire the first dandelions, but as months go by they're taking over my garden, that's when I say no. Your shrubs are very photogenic. From Felisol
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I thought this was rhubarb Patty.
Weeds - shhh...not today...not any day. :)
Patti, it looks like Rhubarb... Never liked it, though my grandma used to make rhubarb pie long, long ago! :) Happy Ruby Tuesday!
It's NOT rhubarb, Patti! It's pokeweed and said to make you very sick if you eat it. I personally think it's very pretty and wish it were hardy enough to grow in my flower gardens...but many people do call it a weed.
EG: I would never eat it. Thanks for looking out for me!
The stems are a very attractive shade of red, a timely find for Ruby Tuesday.
The weed looks familiar - I see it has been identified as pokeweed. We have it around here.
We have so many weeds in our garden and in farm hehe. Happy Ruby Tuesday.
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I would have guessed rhubarb too. ;)
LOL~ Those are pretty little weeds!!
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Wonderful contrast! I thought it was rhubarb too.
My first thought...Rhubarb... but I know better after reading your post. I have them too. Have a wonderful Ruby Tuesday.
I often see lovely weeds. Perhaps if we gave them a name then they'd no longer be weeds and we could freely let them grow in our yards and gardens. :) Why waste time tending weeds? Just photograph them. LOL Wonderful Ruby Tuesday photo.
Interesting red. I have to agree with the rhubarb comment, but rhubarb is kind of hard to get started. It needs a male and female plant to even reproduce a plant for the second year. And it generally comes up in the sring and stays all summer.
I love rhubarb. You have to put it in something sweet, like a strawberry marshmallo rhubarb cake. Or strawberry and rhubarb jam is fantastic.
Very nice photo! And thanks for stopping by today!
I just scrolled down your comments. I was wrong with the rhubarb, I think is is the weed. Scratch the jam making for the day!
I'll trade you weeds for boxes that need to be emptied...
Well, maybe not!
it is a weed and I believe it is poisinious it often takes over the area where it grows as well.
I was going to guess rhubarb too - shows what I know. (FYI, don't EVER take gardening advice from me - my thumb is so black I could kill plastic plants!)
I thought it was rhubarb, too, but the berries at the end gave it away as not being so.
Of course, that's not stopping me from craving a strawberry-rhubarb pie right now!
Weed isn't necessarily ugly,it's just growth out of control.
Every spring I admire the first dandelions, but as months go by they're taking over my garden, that's when I say no.
Your shrubs are very photogenic.
From Felisol
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