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Is this the dreaded Japanese Knotweed!! Ident and advise required

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,109

    Yes the leaves grow alternately on JK Paul. My ex husband moved into a new house  a year or two ago and there was JK on the adjoining, council owned, woodland. It's been chemically treated.

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Hi artjak, I read on-line that gardeners can not treat it themselves and they would have to call in specialists. 

    Hey FG, it has a clump of multiple stems at the base, bamboo like about 30cm in width.  Oh some is heigh at the back of the garden and some are a lot smaller at the front of her garden. 

  • Ah ok thats good to know FG, all I have to do now is identify whatever it is, like nutcullet said it might be leycesteria formosa which I have never heard of but it looks like it might be

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,109

    If it's in various positions around the garden it might be worth asking other neighbours if they have it too. If they have, and you're in any doubt, I expect a call to the council would be worthwhile as they might come and take a look to put everyone's mind at ease.Depends how nice they are!

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Ok I will ask the neighbours when I pop over there this thursday image The council will be the next option 

  • Rosie31Rosie31 Posts: 483

    Definitely NOT japanese knotweed!  We had it in the garden  - just one little bit - and I'm very proud to say managed to kill it dead dead dead dead dead .  Sorry.   It did become a bit of an obsession at one stage.

    But this looks like friendly old fennel to me. 

     

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,123

    I agree, last year's fennel stems - cut them down to the base and dry them, then use them on the BBQ when you're cooking fish image

    Or use them to make a bug box

    Or both image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,614

    I was confused by the feathery bits until I realised that was a willow in the background. I think it's most likely  Leycesteria formosa  and not jap knotweed.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    I still think it's leycesteria



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,614

    Me too, nut.image

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