Re: Japanese knotweed
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- Subject: Re: Japanese knotweed
- From: L*
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 07:48:09 +0100
- References: <200009020401.e82410R11222@lorien.mallorn.com>
If this is the Japanese knotweed that we have here in the UK
(and I don't know our ones botanical name) throw it away
immediately. It's impossible to get rid of it. (Perhaps
someone else over here knows the botanical name for our
Japanese knotweed). This is the most dreadful invasive
plant introduced to the UK in the last 150 years - was
introduced by Victorian gardeners for their streamsides.
Sorry to be so depressing.
Louise, Surrey, England
> Hi all-
> I just picked up a fallopia japonica 'variegata'. Some
web searches for
> its common name (Japanese Knotweed) have me shakin' in my
boots!! Does
> anyone have any experience with this, and is it really as
invasive as it
> sounds? I'm planning on putting it in the "back-40" near
the stream in
> part shade where I thought the variagation would brighten
things up. I
> love the whiteness on the leaves. How best to contain it,
if it is
> indeed somewhat invasive (I'm open to the suggestion of
tossing it in
> the trash, too, if need be!)?
>
> TIA
> Barb (southeastern PA, zone 6/7)
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