Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be planted across the UK, including next to one of London’s most famous roads, at a rural category C prison and at a motor neurone disease centre opening in the name of the late rugby league star Rob Burrow.
The National Trust on Friday announced the recipients of 49 saplings it has called “trees of hope”.
On the other hand from the point of view of the genes of the tree it getting sliced down was the best thing to ever happen.
Should we open a book on how long this one will last? My bet is 3 days.
Sycamores are weeds, as anybody who has one within 50 metres of their garden will tell you.
Sycamore isn’t native to the UK, and some regard it as an invasive species.
Sycamores are oversized weeds.
Their stupid wing’d seed pods used to clog my gutters every year. It was like something out of Doctor Who or Quatermass.
Trees of hope.
FFS. They’ll be named after illegal immigrants, trannies and climate warriors next,
@Arthur
Brought over by the Romans, wasn’t it? If we’re going back to prehistory (and pre Roman Britain is prehistoric) then nothing on this island is native.
FFS. They’ll be named after illegal immigrants, trannies and climate warriors next,
A bit like the London Overground lines, then. They’s started changing the signage, and I no longer have any fucking idea where any of the lines go. “Windrush Line” indeed. What the fuck is that?
Norman: « Windrush Line” indeed. What the fuck is that? »
That’s the one that only runs from west to east, isn’t it?
(The return leg is on the Reparations Line)
Thank you TMB!!!
Otto – there’s a silver birch over the road.
I’m that close to cutting the fucking thing down overnight.
“GHASTLY SENTIMENTALITY”
Is that the general outlook that most annoys the commenters here?
“I’m that close to cutting the fucking thing down overnight.” Beware: is there a tree preservation order on it? Then even the owner isn’t allowed to fell it.
So what colour will the Windrush Line be on the tube map? Black and brown are already taken.
Unwanted tree.
Funny wot happens when you smack some copper nails into the exposed roots.
I’m reliably informed that the copper isn’t important – any nail will do.
Probably quicker to drill a hole in it and pour bleach in.
Having taped over all the video doorbells in the vicinity first, of course.
“Ghastly sentimentality”?
For a moment, I thought you were referring to the passing of the Bill to permit assisted suicide…
Birch? Fomitopsis betulina… ” ’tis but a scratch!! “
“Having taped over all the video doorbells in the vicinity first, of course.”
I thought’ how to get around this ?’
So I googled “Beaver for Hire”
Wish I hadn’t
Get with the programmemememm. Invasive species are doubleplusgood.