This showy spring-blooming tree is both an ornamental and shade tree. Southern Living/Adrienne Legault The common horse chestnut tree grows beautifully in Upper and Middle South gardens, Zones 6-7 ...

These seeds (also called nuts) are the origin of both of its common names: buckeye and horse chestnut. According to Cal Poly’s Select Tree web page, Native Americans called the seed “hetuck ...

RUPERT BROOKE. THE horse-chestnut tree is not indigenous to Great Britain but was introduced in the middle of the sixteenth century; there is some doubt as to its origin, but the general opinion ...

Native red buckeye tree is easy to grow in a shady spot for ... The tree, a member of the horse chestnut family, earned its name for its large, nut-like seed, which is shiny and dark brown with ...

Horse chestnut is a tree that produces spiny-shelled fruits containing seeds, known as conkers. These may have some health benefits, for instance in treating varicose veins and hemorrhoids.

It’s also the season when Buckeye fans can plant their own source of buckeyes — a buckeye tree. Even if you don’t root for the Scarlet and Gray on the football field, you may want to add ...

Share on Pinterest Horse chestnut, or Aesculus hippocastanum, is a tree native to the Balkan Peninsula. Extract from the horse chestnut seed is a popular dietary supplement commonly used to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The first seeds were planted in the new Buckeye State Tree Nursery in Muskingum ... sycamore and American chestnut. “We are always looking for more ways to plant trees and ...