On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:05:33 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

Sycamore can germinate anywhere, in shallow or deep soil, in shade
or sun,, in wet or dry soil, in bare soil or dense growth of a
competeing plant (such as lawn).

Tell me about it - wretched things all over the place. They even take
root in gaps in concrete walls holding up the North Circular Road -
amazing when you consider there must be negligible earth or nutrition
there.
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Paul C