The invasive plant can grow up to 3 feet a week, wreaking havoc on your property or damaging the foundation of your home.

The mere mention of the infamous Japanese knotweed is enough to make any homeowner break out in a cold sweat. This invasive plant not only spreads at an alarming rate, but it can also wreak havoc ...

JAPANESE Knotweed may not be the only invasive plant your home is at risk of. A weed expert has issued an urgent warning over another unwanted shrub which can knock value off your house.

Knotweed can grow at a rate of 10cm per day in the summer Back in the nineteenth century, when Victorian engineers were designing the latest in transport technology, Japanese knotweed sounded like ...

The Japanese knotweed is a shrub-type plant that was brought to the US in the 1800s, according to The Wall Street Journal, and while its summertime flower blooms are breathtaking, it’s merely a ...

Jennifer Holmes from Environment Controls revealed that buddleia is just as "difficult to control or get rid of" as the notorious Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed is a well-known invasive ...

Introduced in the 19th century as an ornamental garden plant, Japanese Knotweed is now considered a blight on Scottish landscapes, threatening native plant species and wildlife, and causing ...

The world's largest field trial on the control of Japanese knotweed, conducted in Wales, has found that eradicating the plant is not possible. Researchers from Swansea University have carried out ...

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Herbicides safe? I don't think so. Maybe there is a reason why Japanese knotweed showed up here, given the prevalence of ticks and Lyme disease. Lyme disease is nothing to mess around with.

THE infamous Japanese knotweed is well-known for being Britain's most invasive plant and there are more than 100 infestations across Dorset. Japanese knotweed has a bad name amongst ...

Japanese Knotweed is set to "thrive" this year, with reports of the early growth of the invasive plants across London. Warm, wetter weather has provided the ideal environment for the plant's ...