These pictures should help you with identifcation of Japanese Knotweed. If you’re still in doubt, contact us! (Click on pics to enlarge; click again to enclose.)
Spring Growth
Look out for new shoots in late spring – they may emerge between old stems or appear in land that’s been disturbed. The shoots look at first like dark-coloured asparagus tips until purply-green leaves begin to unfurl.
Summer Proliferation
Japanese knotweed grows and spreads at a phenomenal rate! You can identify it through its:
- bright, spade/heart shaped, flat leaves
- hollow stalks which are greeny with a purple mottling
- clusters of small white flowers
Winter Dieback
