“….name from the whitish scar found on each brown seed. It is said to give the seed the appearance of a deer’s eye.” Link on Yellow Buckeye below
Everything about them is toxic. If you want to plant one, click here Also called a horse chestnut. It’s Ohio’s State Tree.
I took these photos in Ohio earlier in the month. I didn’t know there were different types of buckeye trees. There are several types Ohio, Yellow and California are a few.
Here’s the Yellow Buckeye on a street parallel to Laura‘s.
If you want to make a peanut butter/chocolate candy called BUCKEYES the recipe is here
Very interesting! The leaves and nuts (which we call conkers) look very similar to a British Horse Chestnut, but the outer nut container looks very different. Here they are green and spikey. Children play a game with the conkers – they drill a hole through them, tie them on a string and take it in turns to hit one with another.
Love those yum!
This is interesting. I know that buckeyes are inside of a hard green ball covering. I never thought about why they are called buckeyes. Now I know. I also know for sure that I cannot eat just one peanut butter buckeye.
I’ll take the candy ones. Thank you
Hmmmm, I don’t think we have Buckeyes in Minnesota.
I was taught at an early age that carrying a buckeye in one’s pocket was good luck.
I am familiar with buckeyes (both the plant and the confection), but didn’t know where the name came from. I learned something today!