Native red buckeye tree ... when its blooms stay on the tree for weeks. The tree, a member of the horse chestnut family, earned its name for its large, nut-like seed, which is shiny and dark ...

The base of the flowers are pale yellow and red. One of the most identifiable traits of the horse chestnut tree are the conkers. Conkers are the spiky, green seed pods that hold up to three nuts.

They're trying to save a 110-year-old red horse chestnut tree from being cut down. Eight protestors with signs reading, "Coming soon: chestnut chainsaw massacre," and, "Death of a red horse ...

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 ...