I do not see many horse chestnuts in home landscapes and your tree is a beautiful specimen. It appears that your tree is suffering from a common fungal disease called horse chestnut leaf blotch.

The spiny fruits of the horse chestnut tree are about 2 to 21/2 inches in diameter. They are much different than the pods of the sweet chestnut tree, which are covered thickly with needlelike quills ...

An herb with the unlikely name of horse chestnut may prove to hold some of the keys to managing chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). Approximately 10%-15% of men and 20%-25% of women are afflicted by ...

Leaves: Deciduous; oppositely arranged; palmately compound leaves; 5 obovate leaflets with lobed, serrate margins. Twigs and buds: Glabrous; stout; reddish-brown; have prominent horse-shoe-shaped leaf ...

Cameraria ohridella, an invasive moth species, has emerged as a significant pest affecting horse chestnut trees (Aesculus hippocastanum) across Europe. The larvae of this leaf miner penetrate and feed ...

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On Oct. 2, 2015, nearly 1,000 people, including former President Bill Clinton, gathered for the planting of a rare sapling at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock. The thin sprig of a tree ...