To: MomwithHope
Ours produce orange-brown thin skinned nuts similar to these:

And the flowers look like:

These are not edible / contain toxins, though I have seen squirrels partially eat them. Not sure what happened to the squirrel! I'm pretty sure the trees will produce nuts once 6ft. tall or so.
459 posted on
03/27/2025 9:02:48 AM PDT by
Paul R.
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To: Paul R.; All
Has anybody ever explained how to properly format text interspersed with pics, on FR? It always displays “whacky” for me in a wide window.
462 posted on
03/27/2025 10:50:31 AM PDT by
Paul R.
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To: Paul R.
Thanks I’ve been looking at a different buckeye.
465 posted on
03/28/2025 3:13:41 AM PDT by
MomwithHope
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To: Paul R.; MomwithHope
These nuts with spiny shells look a lot like what I called Horse Chestnuts as a child. Told they were toxic.
533 posted on
03/29/2025 11:53:07 PM PDT by
gleeaikin
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