| This shrub is growing outside an office building in Minneapolis and I was hopoing you could tell me what it was. A coworker would like to get some but did not know the name and I did not either. There are three pictures at he inlcuded link.
Thanks for any help |
Here is a link that might be useful: unidentified bush
| Sorry the original link was bad. This one should work |
Here is a link that might be useful: Unidentified bush
| Or in other words, a variegated form of Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed, Polygonum cuspidatum/Fallopia japonica, is a virulent spreader, considered by many to be an invasive pest equal to kudzu and equally as difficult to control. The variegated form is only slightly less aggressive, as the photos clearly indicate, spreading by both seeds and underground rhizomes. And it is not a shrub but a herbaceous perennial, dying back each winter but appearing again 3-4 times larger the following spring. Tell your coworker this is not a plant to let loose in the garden :-) If they must have it, container it and deadhead faithfully. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Fallopia japonica
