If you mean the white flowers on that stem, looks like Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum)

Have you had this garden long? I've found that some years I don't see any Solomon's Seal at all, then it pops up again.

Yes I did mean the white flowers. Its strange cos weve been here 9 years!

Would you regard it as a weed? How rampant is it?

Thanks both for your help!

I like it & don't regard it as a weed. As I said I only find it some years & wonder if I've lost it when it doesn't appear. It doesn't spread much and looks pretty in shade. Dies back completely in winter - now I've marked where it is so I don't forget and overplant it completely.

No it is not a weed. It is possible it came in with another plant and has just surfaced. It is very attractive.

I dont recognise the leaves or cant quite make out which leaves the flowers are a part of but the line of flowers look like Dicentra - look up some more pics in the photo section. I've mentioned them before, they look like a miniature line of washing. May or may not be...hope that helps

Sorry, it's not Dicentra, it's Solomon's seal.

It's is a Solomons seal, each flower looks like an old fashioned letter seal, they are simply lovely but can get ravaged by a minute caterpillar (like the goosberry one) and then they are gone until next season.

Sorry I omitted the name above. Here is an extract from BBC - Gardening Plant Finder. Solomon's seal is an old cottage garden plant that appears early in spring, producing graceful, arching stems with precisely paired, oval leaves along their length. These are quickly joined by dangling, green-tipped, white bells that persist throughout late spring and early summer. Plants enjoy woodland conditions, and associate well in a cool, shady, humus-rich border with spring flowers such as corydalis and dicentra. Stems and foliage remain eye-catching even after the flowers are over. Solomon's seal also looks superb with hardy ferns to create a combination that lasts all summer. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit.

WOW!

Thanks everyone! I am glad I didnt dig it up......................

I shall nurture it from now on. :))))