We have one at the back of our medium size suburban garden.
Yes they tend to go out of control skyward, but:
They have a very attractive shape against the skyline.
The dappled shade they give is very pleasing.
Ours provides a good spot for a bird box.
Someone round the corner from us recently hacked one down to 6-8 ft tall.
It looked ghastly at first, but then sprouted loads of new growth which
looks more like an unkempt (sp?) hairdoo than branches, quite appealing in a
quirky sort of way and more suitable for a small front garden.

Phil

In article , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
"Tumbleweed" writes:
|
| Agreed, I am always finding the tiny little seeds indoors, almost year
| round. Not sure if thats because they are produced year round (I suspect
| not)

They're not. The catkin fall is nearly as bad, but that is bits
of the catkins and not seeds. It isn't intolerable with me, but
is a bit of a nuisance. Planners like birches because the small
leaves and other detritus can be ignored on roadways, as most of
it blows off.

What I find irritating is the masses of twigs that drop off everywhere.
Still, they attract the long-tailed tits, and I'm willing to put up with
a lot to have flocks of long tailed tits chattering their way through
the garden
--
Kay
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from john contains these words:

I'll take a small pastic bag of them if
you really want to get rid of them.
I'm attempting to grow several types
of English trees, *almost as bonsai* in
pots. Perhaps you saw the correspondence in this
group a couple of weeks ago?

No, I didn't see it, but how many would you like? Or would you like some
seeds? I could probably sweep up a couple of litres of them...

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You'll notice elsewhere in the group that I'm looking
for *small* saplings to grow on in pots (I'm a gravel fan)
I'd be most appreciative of any young English oaks that
you may be discarding.

Remind me in a few weeks - I could send you lots of seeds.

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