Japanese Knotweed & other invasive weeds.
Japanese Knotweed pushes through foundations, cavity walls, and into drains, and takes advantage of cracks in concrete.
In addition to the plant's rapid growth above ground (up to 10cm per day) it has a huge network of underground root rhizomes, meaning it can rapidly cause immense damage.​
Whether you simply need to control the spread or you are struggling to get your property sold because of it, we are experts in surveying it, producing a management plan, and then killing it.
We are fully trained in responsible knotweed (and general weed) treatment, ensuring we target only the weed and maintain the ecological balance in the vicinity - this way, we limit any impact on the plants and wildlife in the rest of your garden. We will always keep wildlife and pollinators in mind with our treatments.
Send us a photograph of your suspect plant and we will help you identify it for free!
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Email your photograph to knotweed@gardenplusuk.com
The dreaded Japanese Knotweed can devalue your property by up to 20% and affects around 5% of UK properties, many homeowners don't even know they have it.
Such is the threat to property that the plant was included in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, making it an offence to, "plant or otherwise cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild.”
The Government also amended the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to include Japanese knotweed.
This means it's now possible to get an ASBO if you allow the plant to spread from your land onto your neighbours'.The Environment Agency describes it as “indisputably the UK’s most aggressive, destructive and invasive plant”
If you don't take action to kill the knotweed, you could be fined up to £5,000 or be sent to prison for up to two years if you allow contaminated soil or plant material from any waste you transfer into the wild.