Karl's Gal
Happy 1st Day of October!
...cold enough to freeze your...
The Ohio Buckeye is the very first tree to break out in leaf in the spring and has a horse chestnut look to it. In fact, it is usually confused with the horse chestnut, imported from the Balkans in the 1700’s to North America. The Ohio Buckeye is a Carolinian tree native to this area. By June, there are large, showy, upright flower clusters. But it is the fruit, a shiny nut, that the tree is named after. The colour, size and shine of the beautiful nut resembles a buck’s eye. Beware – the nuts and the bark are considered poisonous. Interestingly enough, the nuts are highly sought after by squirrels in the fall. There are rarely any nuts to rake once the squirrels have finished their harvest.
Happy 1st Day of October!
...cold enough to freeze your...
The Ohio Buckeye is the very first tree to break out in leaf in the spring and has a horse chestnut look to it. In fact, it is usually confused with the horse chestnut, imported from the Balkans in the 1700’s to North America. The Ohio Buckeye is a Carolinian tree native to this area. By June, there are large, showy, upright flower clusters. But it is the fruit, a shiny nut, that the tree is named after. The colour, size and shine of the beautiful nut resembles a buck’s eye. Beware – the nuts and the bark are considered poisonous. Interestingly enough, the nuts are highly sought after by squirrels in the fall. There are rarely any nuts to rake once the squirrels have finished their harvest.