The horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) of the family Sapindaceae is a medium-sized (up to 40m) deciduous tree native to southeastern Europe, introduced and cultivated all over the world. In North ...

There is already evidence that one hybrid — the red flowered tree — is more resistant. B ut while the red horse chestnut is as beautiful as the common white variety, its nuts — which fall ...

CENTERVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) – The City of Centerville honored Graceworks Lutheran Services this week by planting a Red Horse-Chestnut tree. The city named the company its Large Business of the Year ...

Europe's beloved horse chestnut tree is ... half of Europe’s endemic tree species are now threatened with extinction," Craig Hilton-Taylor, Head of the IUCN Red List Unit said.

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 ...

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 ...

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.