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 ...

The buckeye tree’s virtues extend beyond state pride ... Other popular members of the genus include horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), yellow buckeye (Aesculus flava), and the large ...

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.

Your favorite football team was named after Ohio’s state tree, known as the Ohio buckeye tree. Now that fall has arrived, the husks have started falling from trees to reveal a brown one-eyed nut ...

Here, spring doesn’t begin on March 20 or 21, but when the Republic of Geneva’s official “marronier”, a horse chestnut tree that stands along the Treille promenade, in front of the ...

A LARGE horse chestnut tree looks set to be saved from potentially being felled and protected for years to come. A temporary tree preservation order on the tree, which sits on Alexandra Road ...

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 ...

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 ...