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Worried this is Japanese Knotweed!

CosmicCosmic Posts: 7
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Hi,

This plant is a self-comer in my garden and a friend pointed out to me it might be Japanese Knotweed because of the red stems, can anyone identify this plant for me please? ( hope its not knotweed!!)

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Any help very much appreciated!

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  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Hi, that looks more like a cyclamen to meimage
  • CosmicCosmic Posts: 7

    Oh that would be so much better than knotweed! image

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,131

    Definitely not Japanese Knotweed image


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





  • CosmicCosmic Posts: 7

    Its the spiky leaves and red stems that concerned me

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,616

    Hellebore seedling?

    Def Not JKW

  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    Hellebore.

  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Ive had the same heart in mouth moment which turned out to be suckers from a cherry tree! image
  • CosmicCosmic Posts: 7

    That looks a winner Fidgetbones! relieved its not jkw image

    very close to a cyclamen too bekkie - thanks peeps

  • CosmicCosmic Posts: 7

    Yes its not something you want to find in your garden

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,444

    Definitely a helleboreimage but not one of the orientalis hybrids.  sternii?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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