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Phytolacca americana f. variegata 'Silberstein' - VARIEGATED 'POKEWEED 'SILBERSTEIN'
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PHY-AME-SILB
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Cream-white, irregularly variegated form of native pokeweed. Reddish stems, shrubby look that widens towards the top.
White flowers in the summer are followed by purple-black berries in the fall.
Ornamental for the whole season.
The variegation is true on seedlings, that will show up under and around the mother plant.
The whole plant is poisonous, but in the past the young shoots used to be cooked and eaten (as well as cooked berries). Juice from the berries was used as a dye and food color.
Medicinal plant of Native Americans and first settlers (not recommended to use now).
Blooming Time: mid summer - late summer
Size: 5' tall x 3' wide, spacing 24"+, moderately fast growing
USDA Zones: 5a to 9b
Culture: mostly sun / half shade. Grows well in average garden soil, preferably not fertilized too much. Loam, clay, average garden soils amended with some organic matter
Moisture Needs: medium, medium-moist, seasonally medium-dry
Origin: introduced by the Plant Delights Nursery in 2001, as a variegated, seed propagated form of native pokeweed. It is named after the originator Steve Silberstein (NJ plantsman). Phytolacca americana is a common wildflower to many states, except the dry western/central-western parts of USA. See the BONAP distribution map.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: flowers offer nectar and pollen to Syrphid flies and Halictid bees (those are the primarily pollinators), secondary wasps and other kinds of flies.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no. But the berries attract smaller birds and are eaten by Grey Fox, Raccoon, and Opossum
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: Looks best in flower beds, cottage gardens, sunnier woodland edges, pollinator gardens, bird garden, deer resistant garden.
Combine with shrubs or taller perennials like Agastache, Coreopsis (C. tripteris and cultivars, C. verticillata, C. palustris 'Summer Sunshine'), Echinacea purpurea + hybrids, Eupatorium, Hemerocallis, Helenium, Irises, Leucanthemum, Monarda, Persicaria, Phlox paniculata, Rudbeckia ( R. maxima, fulgida, laciniata), Sanquisorba, Thalictrum, Veronicastrum or cultivars of grass Panicum virgatum.
Picture copyright: Doug McKinney
Phytolacca americana f. variegata 'Silberstein' - VARIEGATED 'POKEWEED 'SILBERSTEIN'
$8.99
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Cream-white, irregularly variegated form of native pokeweed. Reddish stems, shrubby look that widens towards the top.
White flowers in the summer are followed by purple-black berries in the fall.
Ornamental for the whole season.
The variegation is true on seedlings, that will show up under and around the mother plant.
The whole plant is poisonous, but in the past the young shoots used to be cooked and eaten (as well as cooked berries). Juice from the berries was used as a dye and food color.
Medicinal plant of Native Americans and first settlers (not recommended to use now).
Blooming Time: mid summer - late summer
Size: 5' tall x 3' wide, spacing 24"+, moderately fast growing
USDA Zones: 5a to 9b
Culture: mostly sun / half shade. Grows well in average garden soil, preferably not fertilized too much. Loam, clay, average garden soils amended with some organic matter
Moisture Needs: medium, medium-moist, seasonally medium-dry
Origin: introduced by the Plant Delights Nursery in 2001, as a variegated, seed propagated form of native pokeweed. It is named after the originator Steve Silberstein (NJ plantsman). Phytolacca americana is a common wildflower to many states, except the dry western/central-western parts of USA. See the BONAP distribution map.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: flowers offer nectar and pollen to Syrphid flies and Halictid bees (those are the primarily pollinators), secondary wasps and other kinds of flies.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no. But the berries attract smaller birds and are eaten by Grey Fox, Raccoon, and Opossum
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: Looks best in flower beds, cottage gardens, sunnier woodland edges, pollinator gardens, bird garden, deer resistant garden.
Combine with shrubs or taller perennials like Agastache, Coreopsis (C. tripteris and cultivars, C. verticillata, C. palustris 'Summer Sunshine'), Echinacea purpurea + hybrids, Eupatorium, Hemerocallis, Helenium, Irises, Leucanthemum, Monarda, Persicaria, Phlox paniculata, Rudbeckia ( R. maxima, fulgida, laciniata), Sanquisorba, Thalictrum, Veronicastrum or cultivars of grass Panicum virgatum.
Picture copyright: Doug McKinney
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