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Japanese knotweed?

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Ist photo houttuynia flower buds, is that a photo of the plant in question?

    In my memory the original photos were much taller but maybe I misjudged the scale



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • EmilyJEGEmilyJEG Posts: 10
    Yep all the same plant, this was the original pic (the person has added others so it messed up the link):



    http://www.greenwoodprimary.net/images/Weed0.jpg





    One other person on the other thread said that once they'd zoomed in they wondered if it was houttuynia cordata, and that's what I'd come up with on a few searches but most look different - I guess there must be a few varieties (some have orange and green leaves). However I'm sure the buds match, and the red tinge around the leaves. The veins seem to have the same pattern too, and the leaves are a similar shape.



    I know it seems weird going to such lengths to find out but I thought I was being silly when other people were saying they were "100%" certain it was JK and I was still not convinced. I wonder if they are going around killing plants unnecessarily :P
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