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Is this Japanese Knotweed

IAN132IAN132 Posts: 3
in Problem solving

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HI

Can anyone ID this for me, I fear it is Japanese Knotweed.

Thanks

Ian

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  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    it certainly looks like japanese knotweed i'm affraid.

  • FritillaryFritillary Posts: 498

    I think it could be snowberry. Symphoricarpos alba.image

  • Chrissy the gardenerChrissy the gardener Posts: 1,072

    I don't think it's knot weed, knot weed has red stems and the leaves don't look quite right.

    I am with fritillaries post I to think it's symphocarpus   ( snowberry )

    symphocarpus does Have a dendancy to sucker and will pop up here and there, it's quite a nice shrub and has lovely berries later on.

  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    It's picture 3 that makes me go towards knotweed. Time will tell.

  • IAN132IAN132 Posts: 3

    Thanks all!

    I've just googled snowberry and it does look like it and it does look like a nice shrub so here's hoping! I will compare the plant to images on the net when I get home...... 

  • Bushman2Bushman2 Posts: 548

    great news then!! and the birds love snowberry Win Win

  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190

    Certainly not Knotweed. This site gives diagnostic features and Ian's plant is quite different. It doesn't have zig-zag syems, the leaves are paired, and they don't have a shield shape with a flat base.

    http://invasivespecies.ie/invasive-plants-japanese-knotweed/japanese-knotweed/ 

    Last edited: 21 June 2016 12:35:56

  • Peanuts3Peanuts3 Posts: 759

    i have snowberry and its a bit of a pain.  I find shoots coming out 6ft across the garden.  I'm trying to get back towards the boundary, so keep an eye on it.  I think the white berries are poisonous too, so just keep an eye on that if you have children, pets...

    But at least it isn't knotweed image

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    I have it too.Snowberry. Bit invasive but it looks pretty with all the berries on.

  • sybillesybille Posts: 76

    I think it is Honeysuckle, Japanese Knotweed has red stems and bigger leaves

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