Please can you identify this plant, it suddenly appeared in the garden. Many thanks

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  August 2021 edited August 2021

  
  

  
  

  Hi @pamelavgillN1QagjRe and welcome to the forum 😊 
  
  There’s a glitch on the site which sometimes uploads pics sideways so I’ve turned it around for you so we can get a better look. 

  
  

  
  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889

  August 2021

  it looks a bit like Japanese Knotweed. 
  I hope I'm wrong

  Devon.

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  August 2021

  It looks to me very much like a seedling of Russian Vine … Fallopian Baldschuanica … also known deservedly as Mile a Minute Vine. 
  

  
  

  Personally I would dig that out and make sure you get all of the root. I have seen it swamp a farmhouse let alone the garden. It is always a rampant grower. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• jonathan.cole Posts: 221

  August 2021

  Buckwheat?

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  August 2021 edited August 2021

  I agree with @Dovefromabove - Fallopia [russian vine]
  Horrible stuff 
  
  Is there a garden on the other side of the wall?

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Asarum Posts: 661

  August 2021

  I agree with buckwheat. I think it’s related to Russian Vine though, so on the right track!

  East Anglia

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  August 2021

  Maybe from a birdfeeder nearby then? 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• pamelavgillN1QagjRe Posts: 2

  August 2021

  Many thanks to you all for your speedy responses, must admit I hadn't thought of the bird feeder!!!!!!  on my way to dig it out. Thanks again.

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• thevictorian Posts: 1,279

  August 2021

  It is buckwheat and is probably from bird seed. It's included in many annual wildflower mixes and isn't something to worry about.

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  August 2021

  thevictorianzFH0qqPW said:

  It is buckwheat and is probably from bird seed. It's included in many annual wildflower mixes and isn't something to worry about.

  
  
  
  
  Pic trimmed.
  
  thevictorianzFH0qqPW   thank you.
  So it is  Fagopyrum esculentum.....common name buckwheat.
  I could see 5 petals but hadn't seen this before. ... I wasn't happy with Russian vine.
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=fagopyrum+esculentum&rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB785GB785&sxsrf=ALeKk03oa_nP78r_vdj67uMfx10oi7y1Gw:1629559752789&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu5dGRt8LyAhVE8hQKHSr7BtgQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1280&bih=569
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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