Native Plant Gardening

Fallopia scandens


I found a new-to-me plant, climbing false buckwheat on my property in Michigan.

There aren’t a lot of sitings around me but it’s not rare, and has a low coefficient of conservation (2 in MI)

Same genus as dreaded Japanese knotweed.

It’s not particularly attractive (imo) and sprawls and climbs over things— the one fact I can find about it is that Thoreau described it as “a rampant climber.”

I usually assume things that aren’t sold commercially have reasons for that. I don’t necessarily want to get rid of all of it, but am pretty skeptical of it, too.

Anyone else have this plant?

by Moist-You-7511

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