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Hello!

Last year, I picked up some "helicopter seeds" on one of my walks. I forgot all about the seeds. This year, when planting sunflowers from last year's batch of sunflower seeds, I accidentally planted a helicopter seed, too. I must have packed it away with the sunflower seeds without realising. It has since grown into a small seedling ... with very big leaves!

I have no idea what type of tree this is, or if it would make for a good bonsai at all. The most common types of tree here are elm, oak and ash. I have attached photos. Has anyone seen a seedling like this?

"Helicopter seeds" sounds like maple seeds to me.

If I were to guess I would say it's a maple. The leaves are shaped as such.

It is a maple. The picture does not show enough of the leaves to know which species, which might remain a question untill it grows up a little. Some maples are really good for bonsai (e.g. field maple, A campestre). Others less so.

Could it be a sycamore? We have a lot of those.

Buffy Fan wrote: Could it be a sycamore? We have a lot of those.

Certainly not a sycamore (platanus spp). It is 99% certain a maple.

Love your humility, you know it's a maple but you still say 99%

Thank you! I have some more photos of the leaves if it helps to identify it? It has two more leaves growing now.

you are not keeping this inside, are you?

It is only a few weeks old. I have been gradually weathering it outside, with it being placed outside permanently HOPEFULLY from next week, depending on the weather.