Anyone know what this is? “Appeared’ in my garden

sapper

This (what looks like a) tree appeared in my garden - didn’t notice it until last winter when I tried to remove/move it. Google is telling me it’s a maple but I didn’t plant it! Could it have just seeded itself somehow?

Rows Grower

Could be a Sycamore.

John arse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058354200/anyone-know-what-this-is-appeared-in-my-garden

Call the special branch???

Danzy

A maple tree, possibly Norwegian

Kaybaykwah

Looks like a sugar maple leaf, but I don’t think it is going to give you enough sap to yield syrup. The conditions are pretty hard to come by in Ireland, not cold enough.

Jim_Hodge

It's a sycamore. Pull it out now, unless you have masses of room and it's well away from buildings.

sapper

Oh wow! Thanks all - I was thinking I could shift it to the left a little into the corner and admire it! I had such a hard time trying to take it out a few months ago I thought it must have been something i planted and forgotten about….will have to take it out unfortunately… I actually have two of them which the internet tells me is not unusual

looksee

It looks a bit 'spikey' to me to be a sycamore, but its certainly one of the family. The chances that you would want to keep it are pretty slim. Sycamores are definitely weed trees - they will grow anywhere (I have a very small one growing in a gutter and I have to work out how to get it out), there are a few sycamores around the garden and they produced young seedlings by the dozen.

billie1b

Norwegian Maple