Help identifying Japanese knotweed

fryderykchopin

I completed the purchase of my first house in July. The garden was clean and tidy in January's viewing but when I was given the keys in July it looked like a forest. There are many plants growing out of control everywhere, also between tiles. I have tried to identify if they are JK by looking at photos from internet but I guess this is too hard for a non-expert like me. I was wondering if anyone could help by looking at the photos that I took this morning. Do any of these plants look like JK, or any other variants that can potentially mess your house? Thanks all!

daveyjp

None of those are knotweed.

Roundup will kill the dandelions growing through the gravel.  Just be careful not to spray it on anything you want to keep.

rach_k

I see plants (not weeds) plus a few dandelions and some weed seedlings.  Get Google Lens or similar and take photos for identification, but no, nothing would worry me there.  From the photos, there's also nothing growing wildly out of control, just a few bits that would benefit from a trim.  

Get yourself a beginners' 'How to Garden' type book or read similar online and you'll have a nice garden.  

ka7e

There are some very nice shrubs underplanted with perennials there. I expect earlier in the summer it was in full bloom and looking lovely. The yellowy shrub looks like a choisya/ Mexican orange blossom which has lovely scented flowers in late spring. There are some good plant identifier apps around and I would just weed and wait to see what emerges over the next  6-8 months. There may be bulbs planted that will show up over the winter or early spring.

Mojisola

3, 6 and 9 are weeds. Worth getting rid of them while they're small.