An evergreen type that mounds, red buckwheat grows to 12 to 18 inches in height and spreads 3 to 4 ... giganteum 'St. Catherine's Lace,' E. grande rubescens 'Red Buckwheat'; January, E.

Another easy-to-grow buckwheat is Eriogonum grande var. rubescens ... About as large as a good-size lavender plant, this buckwheat is topped by a dense frothing bloom of pom-pom-shaped white ...

arborescens and E. giganteum, which can reach 5 to 6 feet in height and width. One of my favorites is E. grande var. rubescens, known as red buckwheat. This evergreen native of the Channel Islands ...