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Aggressive Introductions: Did you know that it is illegal to grow Rhododendron, Hottentot fig, Himalayan Balsam, and Japanese knotweed in the wild? The Wildlife and Countryside act 1981 makes it an offence to introduce or discard these plants from the garden to the more naturalised wild habitats.There are guidance notes on the control of a number of these invaders, e-mail English Nature.

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