Is this Japanese Knotweed?

[cravingmilkshake]

Hi all,

Really sorry if this is such a stupid question and you have all heard it before. We moved into a house in July last year and these weeds keep appearing on the fence on both sides.

Hoping it's nothing sinister. Grateful for any help identifying and any assistance on removal.

Thanks

Looks like bindweed

No I think it’s bind weed

Doesn’t look like it to me, seems more like a creeper. The knotweed I’ve seen has reddish stalks and grows upwards

Bindweed, so just as bad. Burn it with fire.

Just bog standard (really annoying to get rid of but not invasive) bindweed 👍

It looks like bindweed, just pull it out

Ah thank you so much !! We've gone from not having a garden to a huge garden! So no idea what is what. Massively appreciate your knowledge!!

Thank you

That’s not bindweed, I’ve a ton of the stuff and that’s not it.

Russian vine maybe.?

Bindweed. Grows like crazy. Pull it out one day, drop of rain + a ray of sunshine and the bugger is back again!

Bindweed - use weedkiller unless you're prepared to spend years digging out every bit of root.

It's not Japanese Knotweed, but I don't think it's bindweed either?

@Bluntness100

That’s not bindweed, I’ve a ton of the stuff and that’s not it.

Russian vine maybe.?

There's more than one type. Field bindweed is smaller. That's definitely bindweed in the pics. Hateful stuff!

I was about to agree with GreyhoundG1rl, but I looked closer and yeah...that's bindweed. The stems curl around everything, hence the name.

Use weedkiller on the leaves then let the leaves send it down to the root system, it'll go eventually (leave it well alone until its completely dead).

We actually used this method on knotweed, in a rented house where it was rife - DH could get hold of super-strength Round Up at the time, we saturated the leaves with it and left it for WEEKS to destroy the roots. It sort of worked, never eradicated it entirely as tiny red shoots would still appear in the lawn, but we just kept mowing it...

No idea if the tight fisted landlord ever enlisted an expert to get rid of it properly.

It really doesn’t look like it to me, the leaves are huge.and the plant not that big.

Bindweed as others have said. I've recently bought a derelict house with a massively overgrown garden. Bindweed is coming up everywhere since it was all cleared. I joined gardeners world. They have a forum and very knowledgeable people there too. I've been asking about every weird and wonderful thing sprouting up in our garden, so worth looking at it too.

Definitely bind weed

Yes it's definitely bindweed. It's now illegal but if you can get glyphosphate on the leaves it responds quite well (in terms of dying) to weed killer. There you could just water it as there are no other plants to damage.

You might have to retreat for a couple of years but it would grow back weaker. When it's flowering is a good time to do it.

It's not illegal in the UK as far as I am aware.

Convolvulus or bindweed.

JK grows straight up, with red or red speckled stems.

It's not illegal. Even Japanese Knotweed isn't "illegal" to have on your land, it's only an offence to let it spread to neighbouring properties or the public highway.

Bindweed. Knotweed has a creamy white tassel flower that’s currently blooming (bitter bitter first-hand experience experience 🤬)

Gingernaut

Convolvulus or bindweed

Reading that, this Flanders and Swan song came into my head. Very witty.

*Swann

No thats definitely not Japanese Knotweed.

@Bluntness100

That’s not bindweed, I’ve a ton of the stuff and that’s not it.

Russian vine maybe.?

So have I , and I think that is bindweed, Calystegia sp. Flower buds are wrong for Russian vine.

Those who think it's not bindweed, could you explain what is different about it that makes it not bindweed?