Sycamores in an inner city residential garden

[mynamehere]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_pseudoplatanus

I am plagued by my neighbour's sycamore. I love trees. But I now say clearly that a sycamore in a residential garden is a plague upon the neighbours. I spend a large part of my gardening time pulling seedlings. Every year I find sycamore saplings I missed. All the gardens I can see are full of sycamore saplings from the one mother tree. Tell me you love a huge sycamore next door

[Penguin68]

I have a sycamore in my front garden (wild planted) that has grown in just the right position. Other's don't and I pull them up (or mow then if in the lawn). I would have preferred a London Plane (cousin of the American Sycamore which is not in fact related to the true sycamore) - but beggars can't be choosers. I also have wild planted Oak, Mahonica and Rowan - all again growing in places I am happy with. Enjoy nature's bounty! Sycamore's are beautiful trees, and being deciduous, don't steal scarce winter light. Their nuisance factor (easy seeding and autumn leaves) seem a fair price to pay for their beauty. And there is some evidence that established large trees, such as sycamores, are environmentally beneficial. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/843749/do_smaller_trees_play_any_real_role_in_tackling_carbon_and_pollution.html