The country may be in lockdown, but Japanese knotweed doesn’t pay heed to such restrictions and is now making itself known in gardens up and down the country. If you’re not sure what you’re looking for, check out our identification page or download our free guide.

So, what should you do and how can we help?

We wanted to find out how much the great British public know about the invasive nature of bamboo, so we carried out a consumer survey with YouGov asking a series of questions about whether people would plant bamboo and what they understand about its ability to spread.

Keith Mullins bought a new build home in Walton-on-Thames in 2009. Bamboo had been planted in the beautifully landscaped front garden and grew happily for several years before new shoots began appearing all over the lawn.

He attempted to pull them up himself and began to mow the lawn regularly to inhibit growth, but the bamboo was growing quickly and spreading out of control so he instructed Environet to excavate it.