Aren’t they literally doing just that with saplings salvaged from the tree?
Comment on The Largest Section of the Beloved Sycamore Gap Tree Is Going on Display in England
Aliktren@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I get it, but come on… how about planting a bunch of sycamores somewhere instead this seems ridiculous
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 week ago
tal@lemmy.today 1 week ago
While I get you, they did also do that with a fair number of cuttings from the tree. Apparently the National Trust has decided that this is good publicity.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/…/trees-of-hope
On the whole, being cut down seems to have been, at least in terms of propagation, not a particularly catastrophic event for the tree.