Sweet chestnut
Two established trees near Lake Te Koo Utu in Cambridge have died and will be removed.
The Waipā District Council told The News the horse chestnut and a sweet chestnut – must go.
More than 100 trees across the district were destroyed or severely compromised by the cyclone in mid-February, when Lamb St and Carlyle St in Cambridge were hard hit.
In this case council arborists suspect a series of long hot summers have taken a toll on the chestnuts.
The trees, thought to have been planted in the 1970s, are near the Victoria St roundabout at the top of Lake Te Koo Utu.
This summer neither tree came into leaf, and it’s now confirmed both have died.
It is planned to remove them on April 20. Replacement trees – to be large-growing trees to provide shade and match other trees in the area – will be planted in autumn or winter when they have a better chance of surviving.
Horse chestnut
