Giant knotweed, a terrestrial herbaceous plant in the Polygonaceae family, invades along waterways, roads, forest openings, and disturbed sites where dumped. Key characteristics of this invasive ...

Gardeners are being warned about fines and legal costs of up to £30,000 for failing to report one type of plant in their ...

Japanese knotweed can now be found growing in nearly every part of Britain – and Bolton is the hotspot. That is according to data tracking confirmed infestations of the irksome plant ...

Japanese Knotweed growing in Oxfordshire gardens can carry a whopping £5,000 fine. Recent wet weather has allowed the invasive species of plant to thrive across the county. Japanese Knotweed is native ...

typically grows to be 10 feet tall with stems that are hollow like bamboo spade-shaped leaves with pointed tips and flat bases that are smaller than the leaves of invasive giant knotweed produces ...