Japanese Knotweed - is this it?

SkipFeeney · 2 Apr 2019

Hi All,

I am looking at buying a house next to a railway line, on further inspection i am worried there might be some Japanese knotweed growing just outside the fence. Can any experts confirm this?

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SkipFeeney
2 Apr 2019

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SkipFeeney
2 Apr 2019

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SkipFeeney
2 Apr 2019

If it is Japanese Knotweed, its actually on Network Rails land - would this put you off buying the property? Can I insist Network Rail remove it?

Thanks

Tigercubrider · 2 Apr 2019

Looks more like budlia

ajstoneservices · 2 Apr 2019

It looks to be buddleia.

lostinthelight · 3 Apr 2019

As above, it is buddliea, also known as butterfly bush.
Japanese knotweed has thick hollow stems, in the early 50’ we moved into a property with a large patch of it on edge of our garden and as kids used it for peashooters.In those days I dont think much was known about and no effort was made to get rid.
It eventually went when the ground was dug away for an extension in the 70’s

EddieM · 3 Apr 2019

Yeah buddleia, extremely common on railways, no cause for concern. BTW WRT to Japanese knotweed, the landowner has a statutory duty to inform the environments agency about it (AFAIK) as it's classed as a biohazard.

Ian H · 3 Apr 2019

What’s so bad about it?

There’s a garden near me that’s fenced off with warning signs up.

Keithmac · 3 Apr 2019

Ian H said:
What’s so bad about it?

There’s a garden near me that’s fenced off with warning signs up.

It can grow through walls and foundations, easily spread and a pain for home owners iirc..

HawkEye244 · 8 Apr 2019

Keithmac said:
It can grow through walls and foundations, easily spread and a pain for home owners iirc..

Not so sure about that anymore, I heard recently that the old information about JKW is a load of *******s.

Notch7 · 8 Apr 2019

HawkEye244 said:
Not so sure about that anymore, I heard recently that the old information about JKW is a load of *******s.

Thats true, its invasive for sure, but is manageable

There is a big patch on the industrial estate where I work, it gets sprayed regularly and it hasnt spread really.

Keithmac · 10 Apr 2019

HawkEye244 said:
Not so sure about that anymore, I heard recently that the old information about JKW is a load of *******s.

Granted it was on TV but I saw a coupple of houses where they lifted the floorboards and it had breached the foundations and the roots were under the floor.

Don't think mortgage lenders are too happy about it either?..

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