What I don't understand with JKW is that surely people must be sneaking into the green waste bins that go to the council and yet you never hear of it spreading via the recycled compost.
I found this great conspiracy theory website about knotweed. I don't agree with it but it's a fun read.
going to grow giant hogweed instead. I do spot knotweed here and there, several gardens round where I live and occasionally in the countryside, it doesn't seem to warrant a panic, bindweed: now there is a problem plant. Nice flower though.
Giant hogweed will be fine for you ... it bites back 👍
Dave, I think you would be better growing giant hogweed, fantastic plant, does very well in a pot and also makes a wonderful houseplant, grows quickly so if you have any children they can note the rapid growth spurts.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I don't think it's a daft question but rather you've aimed it at the wrong audience... it's not a question to ask of nervy amateur gardeners on social media, but professionals and landscapers.. those that exhibit at Chelsea or who manage large Estates...
Amateur gardeners cannot afford to take risks of this nature, and the response you get is entirely predictable..
The late and generally much loved Christopher Lloyd of Great Dixter, an adventurous gardener if ever there was one, seemed to rather like it... here's a quote from his book on Garden Flowers..
''Fallopia japonica.. ...is the ''terrifying'' Japanese Knotweed that seems to be a bogey to those who panic easily... clothed in heart shaped leaves... panicles of small white flowers appear in late autumn... in winter, the cigar brown dead stems are a pleasing landscape feature...
.. Indeed... this is an excellent landscape plant... however, it does have a deeply running rootstock..and this needs to be appreciated before introducing to the garden... Roundup will get rid of it if necessary... panic is uncalled for...
..Fallopia japonica var. compacta is a mini version and deceptively charming... since it runs like a hare..''
I am a great fan of Christopher Lloyd, but it should be remembered that he did court controversy. Foe example he didn't believe in climate change, which I think most sensible people today do. Apart from the potential illegality of growing JK, its ability to penetrate concrete, it is not even very attractive.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I suppose it depends on the nut ... Coco de mer possibly?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dave,
I think you would be better growing giant hogweed, fantastic plant, does very well in a pot and also makes a wonderful houseplant, grows quickly so if you have any children they can note the rapid growth spurts.
...is the ''terrifying'' Japanese Knotweed that seems to be a bogey to those who panic easily... clothed in heart shaped leaves... panicles of small white flowers appear in late autumn... in winter, the cigar brown dead stems are a pleasing landscape feature...
Foe example he didn't believe in climate change, which I think most sensible people today do.
Apart from the potential illegality of growing JK, its ability to penetrate concrete, it is not even very attractive.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border