Broadgate Tackles Diseased Trees
January 28, 2009 by Rob Powell
Filed under News
Broadgate Estates are taking action to repalce diseased trees in Exchange Square. The works started in January and will last through to April as the Estate Managers replace horse chestnut trees that have been tested positive for phytophthora, or bleeding canker. The condition has already caused two trees to die in the square.
The diseased horse chestnut trees will be replaced with Liquidambar, a specie of tree that is resistant to the disease. The work ha sbeen scheduled to take place at weekends to minimize disruption.