Buddleia growing out from under my house?
20 January 2012, 03:03 PM
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Buddleia growing out from under my house?
One has rooted in the gap between paving slabs and house wall. At the moment it's about 150mm high.
20 January 2012, 03:06 PM
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Don't know but with age the root and trunk become significant. I wouldn't if it were my house
There are far more suitable plant to train up walls
20 January 2012, 03:13 PM
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a buddliea can grow to quite a large size !! (for a shrub) -- be careful.......
20 January 2012, 03:18 PM
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20 January 2012, 03:19 PM
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Can't advise you but the advice about checking it carefully is certainly wise.
20 January 2012, 03:19 PM
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Yes it will buddliea roots are proficient and will bore in to brick and concrete
20 January 2012, 03:26 PM
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If you've ever tried digging one out, you'll know it's not a good idea to have one up against the house.
20 January 2012, 04:10 PM
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OK, thanks, It has to die then, sadly.
20 January 2012, 04:17 PM
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Make sure you cut them back hard every year, otherwise they go all spindly like the ones on railway embankments.
20 January 2012, 04:18 PM
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Aye, been there, they've done that
20 January 2012, 04:38 PM
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Kill it. Kill it now.
A motto I find increasingly useful.....
20 January 2012, 07:58 PM
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DIE DIE DIE nasty evil things.. you want bugs in your house?
20 January 2012, 08:12 PM
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Buddleia grows very very fast and gets out of control quickly.
20 January 2012, 11:06 PM
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I would have thought painting/spraying all the leaves with a good weedkiller would see it off fairly quickly...
20 January 2012, 11:26 PM
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Buddleia grows like hell, burn it, poison it but it still comes back!!! It can grow through anything including concrete, google it and try and get rid ASAP. I think it's known as Japanese knotweed too but I can't remember!
20 January 2012, 11:46 PM
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No it's not known as Japanes knotweed
20 January 2012, 11:47 PM
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Get a grip it's a shrub that attracts butterflies and might grow to a spindly 6 feet
21 January 2012, 10:17 AM
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one in my garden happily got to 10 feet before i chopped it back and they can double in size in a year.
21 January 2012, 12:04 PM
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No, it's not Japanese Knotweed, I know what they look like, I have them growing all down the other walls.......... Joke.
21 January 2012, 01:41 PM
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Drill a small hole into the main stems. Inject neat glyphosate ( Round up) into holes. Its a better method than spraying the foliage.
21 January 2012, 01:43 PM
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We have just killed off our Japanese Knotweed by injecting the stems with RoundUp, we used the "woody" version.
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20 January 2012, 03:03 PM
Buddleia growing out from under my house?
There are far more suitable plant to train up walls 
