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Sign up freeFagopyrum esculentum
flower
Bees
Bumblebees
Pest controlFast-growing cover crop and bee plant. White flowers attract hoverflies, bees, and beneficial wasps in huge numbers. Seeds edible as grain. Sow in succession for continuous bloom.
🌼 Beneficial companion — draws Hoverflies, Parasitic wasps that help control Aphids, Whitefly, Thrips, Caterpillars, Flea beetles, Colorado potato beetle, Stink bugs, Leaf miners on neighbouring plants.
Well-draining, poor — grows on acidic soils where little else will
Phacelia tanacetifolia
flowerThrives in the same full sun, low water conditions as Buckwheat
