Reynoutria japonica, more commonly known as Japanese Knotweed, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant. It is native to East Asia in Japan, China and Korea but is also found in the UK.
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 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 ...
KISMA has been managing a quarter-acre of Japanese knotweed area in Kearsarge for the past four years with very positive results (see images below). cover portions of the knotweed patch with tarps or ...
The authority's new Invasive Non-Native Policy outlines how it intends to deal with invasive species moving forward, including plants such as Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam which are known ...