Purple Berry Weed Bush. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 8. In late winter soak the seeds in cool water for 24 hours to soften the seed coat.
Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 8. Common pokeweed again. 30 sativa 70 indica.
The plant has a thick fleshy taproot up to 12 inches long and 4 inches thick.
It dies back in winter then reemerges from the ground in spring growing from a fat fleshy storage root. Dark blue-black purple berries mature in the late summer to fall and attract birds. Ricinus Ricinus communis also known as the castor bean or castor oil plant is a fast-growing perennial shrub in the spurge family. At nearly 400 pages it offers color photos of 299 weeds at various stages of their lifecycles starting at the seedling stage.
