So far the results show a particular concentration of knotweed in South Wales, the Midlands, London, Scotland's central belt and Cornwall - where the plant was also introduced by Victorians into ...

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 ...

Garden experts have labelled a plant 'the new Japanese Knotweed’ as reports of it destroying people’s homes and gardens spread across the UK. Brits have been offered advice on what they should ...

Japanese knotweed, a terrestrial herbaceous plant that is in the Polygonaceae family, invades along rivers, streams, roads, and in disturbed areas or where dumped. It prefers full sun and rich soils ...

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 ...

The hotspots for an invasive plant species have been revealed, as experts have issued a warning. Invasive plant specialist Environet has released this year’s regional Japanese knotweed hotspots ...

Bristol, Merseyside and Greater London have been named as Japanese knotweed hotspots. The analysis is based on the latest ...

Japanese knotweed is a non-native, invasive plant that was imported to the UK in Victorian times and is known as a pest species that outcompetes native plants and causes damage in the built ...

Japanese knotweed is much harder to spot during the winter months, and home sellers could potentially disguise it - even though it is illegal not to declare the weed's presence ...