<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi All - I got this from a gardener friend who has been restoring her property. Her question is whether spicebush stops knotweed.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marney<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><i class="">My property includes a large moist/wet woodland. <br class=""><br class="">Until now I was giving away the spice bush (Lindera benzoin) that is taking over especially in the damp to wet place that I have been rescuing and planting like crazy. I believe the flourishing began after all the bush honeysuckle was removed and (after 10 years) eliminating the knotweed.<br class=""><br class="">I noticed that where there are densely growing spice bushes there is no Japanese knotweed. That appears true no matter the size of the spice bush.<br class=""><br class="">Just outside one bed of spice bush the knotweed is thriving. Am I dreaming? Is it the shading, root crowding or another thing?<br class=""><br class="">There is a terrible infestation of the knotweed on the property line shared by my neighbor and the adjacent Park property. <br class=""><br class="">In a fever of enthusiasm my helper and I moved 30 plus spice bushes to the neighbor's property line and especially nearest the storm water channel. We intend to gather up many more to plant 3 deep along the other borders of infestation.</i><br class=""></div></div></body></html>