Nine garden plants that could cost you thousands in fines

A beautiful, blooming garden is one of the things that makes a house a home. But sometimes everything in the garden can be far from lovely.

With over 50,000 infestations of Japanese knotweed spreading across the UK, garden experts are warning homeowners to keep a lookout for unwanted visitors in their gardens this spring.

Infestations of weeds can be tricky to deal with, harm animals and people, damage your property and kill off other plants. But what a lot of keen gardeners don't know is that the plant pests can also hit you in the pocket.