South Wales, UK - Japanese Knotweed

Daily Mail Report 15 Dec 2017 By Andrew Levy

When stately home owner Roger Gawn spotted Britain’s most troublesome weed growing on a tenant’s land, he leapt into action.

Using a mini- digger, he uprooted plants, trees and shrubs to ensure he removed all trace of the destructive Japanese knotweed.

But the tenant complained the land had been left ‘like a bomb site’ and this week Mr Gawn, 70, found himself hauled before a court. He was accused of causing more than £3,500 damage to the garden that Robert Adams rents from him at the Coach House, part of the 17th century Grade I listed Melton Constable Hall in Norfolk.

Widower Mr Adams, 80, who has lived in the three-bedroom semi-detached house for 46 years, said he had not been warned that his garden would be dug up.

But magistrates cleared Mr Gawn on Wednesday after he explained that the knotweed would have caused widespread damage if he had not acted. He had intended to replant the area he dug up, he said.

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How do you identify Japanese Knotweed?

Japanese knotweed is a perennial weed, producing tall canes, up to 2.1m/7ft tall during summer. The canes have characteristic purple flecks and produce branches from nodes along its length. These branches support shovel-shaped leaves. A qualified Knotweed Specialist will be able to identify knotweed quickly.

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