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White wild flower or weed?

littlemisssophielittlemisssophie Posts: 2
in Wildlife gardening
Hello all,
I wondered if someone can tell me what this plant is and whether it is a wild flower or a weed? It's starting to seed and the flying insects like it. Thank you.

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  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    It is a wild flower...
    It might also be a weed...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It looks a lot like my perennial buckwheat as the flower buds start to open out.  I bought mine at the Beth Chatto garden.

    https://www.bethchatto.co.uk/conditions/plants-for-general-conditions/fagopyrum-dibotrys.htm



    Neither weed nor wild.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Depends if you like it or not. If you like it …….it’s a flower , if you don’t like it…….see where I’m going with this ? 
  • littlemisssophielittlemisssophie Posts: 2
    Obelixx said:
    It looks a lot like my perennial buckwheat as the flower buds start to open out.  I bought mine at the Beth Chatto garden.

    https://www.bethchatto.co.uk/conditions/plants-for-general-conditions/fagopyrum-dibotrys.htm



    Neither weed nor wild.
    Thank you, this is very helpful. I had brought some mixed wild flower seeds, but only this and actual weeds popped up. Having a google the buckwheat is good for green manure/covering, so I’ll look into it, might be useful over the winter. Completely new to gardening - have zero knowledge at the moment. Thank you 😊 
  • farsanaashiq4A656mEi-farsanaashiq4A656mEi- Posts: 5
    This plant looks like perennial buckwheat.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited July 2021
    Yes, that's the common name for fagopyrum dibotrys.

    I love it.  Mine gets to 1.5m or more high in a north facing bed where it is protected from the sun at its hottest and brightest.  I experimented and tried another clump in full sun and it's growing much shorter.  I find it very decorative with its red stems in spring and the red centres to its leaves and the delicate creamy white flowers later on.   
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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