Sulphur Buckwheat is great for a small corner or around some rocks. It’s one of the few small buckwheats that you can use for borders or accents. In my yard I have it as a large drift and it does look spectacular when in bloom and after that… it looks slightly less spectacular. Best to weave it in and around other plants to help carry it when it’s out of season. Sulphur Buckwheat blooms first in my yard before the rest of the sages and the Red Buckwheat, so take care to plant it in an area where you can see it from your windows in the early spring; it’s blooms herald the impending Spring.

One thing I’ve noticed is that Sulphur Buckwheat seems to slowly defoliate over time as they get older. This may be an opportunity for some horticulture with either a hard prune back to rejuvenate the plant. If you’re seeing this sign, but not seeing the plants, I probably killed them by over pruning. That said, no plant lasts forever in their landscape; this might be a case where they’ve lost garden form and need to be replaced. Such is life as a gardener!