A FACEBOOK campaign has been launched to save the cherry trees on Festival Square in Oswestry.
The group behind the campaign is hoping the social networking site will help to promote efforts to protect the nine trees, which Shropshire Council want to replace with a similar variety.
But campaigners have urged them to rethink the proposal as it would mean the lose of the Square's Christmas lights.
Councillor Betty Gull said: "If the trees are cut down then we will have nowhere to put the Christmas lights this year, or in the next few years as it will take the new trees a long time to establish themselves.
"I also feel the cherry trees are too precious to lose because they are so attractive in the spring when they are covered in blossom."
Several businesses in the town have now given their support to the campaign, including The Jools Payne Partnership and The Best of Oswestry website.
Jools Payne said: "The campaign group is seeking an independent tree surgeon to come and take a look at the situation, but we have already been told by a tree warden that the council is taking an extreme approach to the situation."
John Waine, from The Best of Oswestry website, said: "I'd like to know if there are any better alternatives than just chopping the trees down.
"I don't think the council have properly explained why they are taking this action and it's a shame because so many people in the town enjoy the trees, especially when they are blossoming."
Shropshire Council believes the trees pose a serious tripping hazard as their roots have pushed up the iron grids and brickwork, that surround the trees.
David Woodhouse, Shropshire Council's arboricultural officer, said: "The cherry tree roots have damaged the surrounding paving. To reinstate the area would harm the trees to such an extent that the trees would probably die.
"If permission is granted for the removal of the trees, the new specimens will have attractive foliage, stunning autumn colours and will in time offer an excellent location for the annual Christmas light displays."
Oswestry South councillor, Keith Barrow said: "I'm a believer in preserving trees wherever possible, but sometimes you have to be practical and if the ones on Festival Square are causing a hazard then perhaps removing them is for the best.
"Shropshire Council will replace them with more trees, but if anyone wants to contact me with their objections I will be happy to listen."
A final decision on the application is due on September 17.