>You don't want smartweed mixed in with your wildflower table honey. Has a unique odor. (Bob)

Japanese knotweed is a close relative of the smartweeds. It is a major honey plant in our area now. At first people thought the honey was weird but now a lot of people ask for it by name: "Japanese Bamboo".  

I planted another relative in my garden: Persicaria polymorpha (Giant Fleeceflower) -- but it didn't attract anything. 

At one point all of these (buckwheat, smartweed, knotweed, persicaria, etc) were called Polygonum species but the lumpers and splitters have gotten us all confused. 

PLB

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