Although this tree is attractive and seems to be well-suited to this location, considerable dieback has been observed on approximately fifty percent of the trees during the past year. Some cultivars of this species, such as Bradford or Chanticleer, would have been better selections for this location because of their more uniform habit and reduced susceptibility to disease. One of the original trees was removed as it had displaced the sidewalk. The older trees are fairly large.
Storm damage is the likely reason for the most loss to date.
As these plants got larger, sidewalk damage was fairly common, so we were told. The 1997 data on the table are based on three trees.