"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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No I know its not normal, but there is an oak seedling (about 6in high)
growing in one of my hanging baskets (which was planted last Nov). The
nearest oak tree is about 1/2 m away.

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Tumbleweed

I read that as hanging baskets in tree...... :~)

Could the acorn have been dropped by a bird or left by a squirrel?
Maybe it was in the compost?

I too had an oak come up in one of my alpine troughs - on the roof terrace -
miles from any oaks at all !!
I potted it up and kept it for a few years until it got too big. It is now
residing with friends in the Dordogne :~)

Jenny