Is this some kind of nut tree?

[RobertP]

It's about two feet now, seems about three years old.

 

[Owdboggy]

Certainly has the look of one of the Chestnuts

 

[RobertP]

Thanks. Looks like I'll be roasting chestnuts on an open fire in about ten years.

 

[BradinMichigan]

LookScott like a balloon flower. Nor sure. Theye grow wild in Michigan

 

[Marck]

This is the Eurasian Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), in the Soapberry Family (Sapindaceae). It is originally native to the Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia, and Turkmenistan, but now also widely planted for its beautiful form and flowers.
It is not closely related to the edible Chestnuts of the genus Castanea, in the Beech Family (Fagaceae),
...so don't roast those chestnuts! The seeds of Horse-chestnut are poisonous.