I noticed with alarm last year that giant Hogweed is taking over Margate, and now I see it is creeping along the North Kent coast and can be seen around Whitstable, eh, Smudger? It was invited over here from the Caucasus Mountains and Central Asia in the 19th century as an ornamental plant but escaped and is now classified as an invasive species, along with Japanese Knotweed. It can cause nasty burns if you try to get rid of it. It's ghastly stuff, and where will it all end?

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