Can I help save our horse chestnut trees?

/Home/Garden Basics/Trees/Tree Diseases/Horse Chestnut Tree Diseases

The big trees in my local park look in ill health. Is there anything I can do?

Lucy Siegle
The Observer, Saturday 15 October 2011
Article history
Sometimes tree hugging isn't enough: today's tree needs more. Horse chestnuts have been hit by two potentially life-threatening diseases. The first is bleeding canker: bacteria infects the bark, cutting off the water supply to the crown. The other involves a relatively new pest to the UK: the leaf-mining moth, originally from the Balkans. It is indiscriminate, attacking workaday horse chestnuts and grander trees alike.

© 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.