There are no notifiable plants in the UK - The Plant Health Act 1967 legislates for 'problem plants'
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 states that it is an offence to "plant or otherwise cause to grow in the wild" any plant listed in Schedule nine, Part II of the Act. That list includes Japanese Knotweed. You can grow it in your garden but cannot grow it outside of a garden nor put any cuttings into the council recycling etc.
Japanese Knotweed is not difficult to eradiacate if you control it. Assiduously removing shoots kills it. Some people are lazy and let it grow and spread.
If you have Japanese Knotweed then do not send it to the RHS or anyone else. Contact your local authority and ask them for advice.
You have to be a member of the RHS to send them a sample to ID. Technically sending them a Schedule 9 plant is illegal as it includes 'activities that disturb the vegetation and underlying soil.' A bit cyclical if you want to ID them I know!
It is not an offence to have Schedule 9 plant species growing on your land and there is no legal requirement to control them. Remember that garden favourites like Rhododendrons, Azalea, False Acacia, Gunnera and Virginia Creeper are on the list.
It's usually the stems of Japanese knotweed that are used in floral arrangements. Sometimes dried but also fresh stems. http://blog.pottingsheduk.com/?paged=3 (scroll down to "Mysterious Aroid")
Carol, if the arrangements have fresh stems in them, please be careful when disposing of the stems and make sure they can't get composted.
Flowerchild, I can't think of anything more irresponsible than that flower arrangement. The blogger states they are the scourge of the countryside, but unless they are disposed of by burning, then they can spread. I certainly wouldn't have thought twice about being able to dispose of dead flower arrangements in a green bin. There would even be the danger of putting it on the compost heap and spreading it around the garden.
Fidgetbones, overhere in the Netherlands they are considered to be perfect for architectural arrangements or just bound together forming a base for the arrangement. Several florists in my family use them and customers are always warned not to put them in the green bin or on the compost heap.
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Lot of mis-information on Knotweed on here.
There are no notifiable plants in the UK - The Plant Health Act 1967 legislates for 'problem plants'
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 states that it is an offence to "plant or otherwise cause to grow in the wild" any plant listed in Schedule nine, Part II of the Act. That list includes Japanese Knotweed. You can grow it in your garden but cannot grow it outside of a garden nor put any cuttings into the council recycling etc.
Japanese Knotweed is not difficult to eradiacate if you control it. Assiduously removing shoots kills it. Some people are lazy and let it grow and spread.
If you have Japanese Knotweed then do not send it to the RHS or anyone else. Contact your local authority and ask them for advice.
I think the thought re sending it to the RHS was that there was a possible mis-identification
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You have to be a member of the RHS to send them a sample to ID. Technically sending them a Schedule 9 plant is illegal as it includes 'activities that disturb the vegetation and underlying soil.' A bit cyclical if you want to ID them I know!
It is not an offence to have Schedule 9 plant species growing on your land and there is no legal requirement to control them. Remember that garden favourites like Rhododendrons, Azalea, False Acacia, Gunnera and Virginia Creeper are on the list.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Advice/RHS-Advisory-Service/How-to-send-samples-for-identification-and-examina
It's usually the stems of Japanese knotweed that are used in floral arrangements. Sometimes dried but also fresh stems. http://blog.pottingsheduk.com/?paged=3 (scroll down to "Mysterious Aroid")
Carol, if the arrangements have fresh stems in them, please be careful when disposing of the stems and make sure they can't get composted.
It must not be disposed of in general waste and has to be incinerated.
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/wildlife/130079.aspx
Flowerchild, I can't think of anything more irresponsible than that flower arrangement. The blogger states they are the scourge of the countryside, but unless they are disposed of by burning, then they can spread. I certainly wouldn't have thought twice about being able to dispose of dead flower arrangements in a green bin. There would even be the danger of putting it on the compost heap and spreading it around the garden.
Fidgetbones, overhere in the Netherlands they are considered to be perfect for architectural arrangements or just bound together forming a base for the arrangement. Several florists in my family use them and customers are always warned not to put them in the green bin or on the compost heap.