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Profile Image Eileen McHenry

emch

Gardening in mostly deep shade in Zone 6. My passion is adding more native plants to my landscape & clearing out the foreign invasives.

Fallopia japonica syn. Reynoutria japonica ; Polygonum cuspidatum

  • Season Icon Mid SpringMid Spring 2022
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emch

Spotted these while on the road for work. Someone planted these long ago and now they have run wild. Beautiful 5' plants but yikes, #killitwithfire

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cheriej

Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much Knotweed. 😳😳😳

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ewhayden

This stuff is in the woods behind my house. It's creeping onto my property. Ugh!

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emch

This is only a sample of what's there @cheriej 😬 @ewhayden cut it off close to the ground and immediately paint the cut face of each cane with a kills to the root herbicide.

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lydiastirling

We have masses of the stuff in the Welsh Valleys we're I live its a massive problem it even manages to grownthrough concrete and spreads really quickly. We have to call in specialist to get rid of it if I comes in gardens or the council if its in the back lanes. It spreads so quickly and easily. Who ever planted that is an idiot. It's hugely invasive and a bit only few mm will set roots.

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lydiastirling

Make sure you burn all the bits that have been cut back and nothing it left behind

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