Hi Jan; We love our cats, too, but as of this
past week, we now have only a new batch -- all girls! Just haven't had
time to update blogs. )-; The new cats are all on the Facebook
page.
Your tree is a SWEET chestnut according to the leaf
shape, that isn't so stiff and strictly lined, and according to the flower
color, so should be safe. If you want to look the trees up that have been
mentioned, I will list them below. Even the horse chestnut is only bad for
children if they don't wash their hands after handling:
Aesculus pavia - buckeye
Aesculus hippocastanum - horse chestnut
Castanea sativa - sweet chestnut
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Pat love your blog. Love your cats photo. I learned something
new as well. Thanks.
Janet Smith
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Pat
<P*@shaw.ca> wrote:
Jeff, perhaps yours were the horse chestnuts: http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/?section=species&id=64 shows
that there is no danger in handling, but DO NOT EAT. If you know
anything about warfarin, (rat poison), you will understand the concern
around ingestion or eating.
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I don’t remember blooms like that on Ohio buckeyes --
although I admit it’s been awhile. Maybe white or beige ones and
smaller. -- Griff
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1
For the sake of comparison, here are a couple of photos of a buckeye
tree in bloom at the Denver Botanic Gardens the May just past.
It is likely an Ohio buckeye. I don't think it was labeled.
Someone of the strollers in the garden identified it for me. I think
it is really beautiful. Let's hope your daughter's is as
beautiful.
Betty Gunther
Los Alamos
On 10/20/2012 9:25 AM,
Jan Lauritzen wrote:
Thank you, Peggy. We went to Wikipedia and learned that
they are definitely poisonous. That is one of the reasons I wanted
to identify the nut. I like to know what is unsafe in the
yard.
Thanks
again,
Jan
in Chatsworth
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Do not eat the buckeyes - they are poisonous.
Peggy
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Jan Lauritzen
<j*@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Kent,
Didn't
realize that there was a California Buckeye. My daughter is
checking Google images as I type. She says "There's a really
good chance that you are correct." Ours do not have the spines
on the seed pods like the Western and Ohio seem to have.
Thank
you so much.
Jan
in Chatsworth
From: Kent Pfeiffer
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Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012
10:00 PM
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[iris-photos] Help with mystery nut - part 1
It's a buckeye, probably a California Buckeye (Aesculus
californica).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_californicaOn
10/19/12, Jan Lauritzen <j*@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My daughter bought a house last
June. We have been watching a tree produce
> what we, at first,
thought was some kind of fruit. Then we thought it might
> be an
almond but the leaves didn't look right. They have been
getting
> bigger and bigger and now are splitting into 3 parts
at the end of the
> fruit. Inside is something which, to me,
looks like it resembles some kind
> of chestnut. However, we are
in Southern California and I never even see
> Chestnuts except a
few in the market in December.
>
>
> Would really
like to know what we have. If you can help, thank you ahead of
>
time.
>
>
> Jan in
Chatsworth
>
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