Ohio State Buckeyes? No, we are talking about the Ohio Buckeye tree. Here's what to know about the tree that named Ohio's favorite football team.

Horticulturist Michael Dirr, author of  “Dirr’s Hardy Trees and Shrubs,” calls the hues “shades of fluorescent pink and rose-red to grape-juice purple-red.” ...

Sally Lanyon is credited as one of the co-creators of Brutus Buckeye. She created the university's famous mascot in the fall of 1965.