Comments on: Elderberry vs. Pokeberry

By: alaina

alaina — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:09:12 +0000

Thank you SO much! I moved into a house a couple years ago and left the purpleberried bushes that grew like weeds (and since this house was a nightmare with no landscaping I figured they probably WERE weeds! ). I chopped them back this year (left them at first thinking maybe birds liked them) and was wondering what to do this year. I was so worried I had ripped out and demolished food! haha, nope… POKE instead! this is the first site of the many I have searched to include a photos of BOTH and compare the clustering on each. THANK YOU!

By: Teddi

Teddi — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:43:59 +0000

Super helpful!!!! Loved it, thanks!

By: kathy

kathy — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:26:03 +0000

Thank you so much for clearing the difference, i have a whole punch of polk in my backyard and have been trying to find answers if it was elderberries or what! lol thank again

By: Donna Hardin

Donna Hardin — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:45:54 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful pictures…I want to know more about herbs and find myself insecure with them. Now, you have confirmed that we do indeed have elderberries growing on our farm! NOW, I want to learn what I can do with them….thank you!

By: dasuederods

dasuederods — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:29:50 +0000

Thank you for a clear comparision of Pokeberry and Elderberry plants. I am interested in locating Pokeberry plants so I might replicate a recipe a friend prepared for me many years ago.

By: Marlene Perry

Marlene Perry — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:06:14 +0000

I had a pokeberry growing in my herb garden and didn’t know what it was. I did dig it out last summer because I had a feeling that I didn’t want it there. After looking at these pictures it is obvious what it was!

By: Karla Hare

Karla Hare — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:32:09 +0000

I have both the elderberry and the poke berries in the woods, but I was not sure what the poke berries were. Now I know for sure what each are. Thank you for helping with the identification of each.

By: Sharon Askew

Sharon Askew — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:25:37 +0000

Your site was very helpful to me. I have looked on and off for 3 months for a comparison as I have a lot of ‘Poke” berries on my property, I am looking for Elderberries and thought that is what I had. Glad I found your site. Thank You

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:22:01 +0000

Good info! Thanks.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:20:38 +0000

Thank you so much for this article. I’ve had the same experience as Danielle. Now, I realize that I have seen both and I’m pretty sure now that I will know the difference at a glance.