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is seen. Easily eradicated in one season What is the difference between bindweed and japanese knotweed? Are they the same thing? Also morning glory is that a weed as well? Japanese knotweed is a different thing

with the stems - only as you add the final few does the whole lattice lock solid.Hang your bee hotel on a sunny wall, sheltered from the rain, and wait for the mason bees to investigate it in the spring.AdamAlthough Japanese knotweed is a real pest, its dead

A 'weed' is just a plant growing in the 'wrong place', and in my garden, most weeds are more than welcome. There are some exceptions, of course - Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam to name two - but the more green leafy weeds in my plot

the only gardening I ever witnessed as a child. Most plants with the world 'Japanese' as part of their comon name .Apart from the obvious Japanese knotweed (which invaded one garden I had),  Japanese honeysuckle (lonicera japonica) and Japanese anemones

, as they are the natural plants to the area and the country (unless it is an un-natural import such as balsam and japanese knotweed) so have the resources to grow well here.  A weed is ony a plant you feel is in the wrong place, your sweet peas will grow and catch up

on contact with the soil, and does not affect it in any way. I would point out that Elizabeth was not advocating killing the weeds she mentioned, but living with them. Digging out Japanese Knotweed does not work - it has rhizomatic roots and can regrow from

be a sheltered nook where it can cause trouble.   Well, Dove, you are more likely to be right than me. Not much point in debate anyway until a photo is forthcoming. The only really invasive thing I've had to deal with is Japanese knotweed, in another

. Artemesia limelight is a pain, but others are Ok, it used to turn up in hanging baskets but not so much now I'm glad to say.  After all, Japanese knotweed was introduced as an ornamental plant - a message to ponder maybe.  One mans invasive pest is another

to you, Please check if they sterilise it too - our council doesn't, as I found out last year - ivy seedlings everywhere, tomatoes everywhere, and a friend was unlucky enough to get japanese knotweed from the council compost too (which they then charged

to go down the organic and not too tidy route. I emphasise encourage, not bludgeon. Most of them don't notice what I do providing their garden looks good. One of the few things I can't sort out organically however is Japanese Knotweed. Anybody got any