REMER, Minn. — Judging by the view from a gravel road north of Remer, Minnesota, the forest is fine. Maybe some dry patches in spots, sure. But nothing that would grab your attention as you drive by.

The tamarack, or eastern larch, is a deciduous evergreen tree that sheds its needles in the fall, only to regrow them the following spring, forming a whorl at the end of the twig, which makes ...

If you garden in a colder climate, you know that compromises are part of the game. So, finding a tree that grows fast, thrives in the cold, and still offers splendid colors might seem like an ...

If you look at an Eastern Larch tree in the dead of winter, you will say that’s exactly right: It is dead, totally, completely dead. How could anything live from those withered, desiccated branches?

After most of my maples have shed their leaves at my acreage, the eastern Larch are turning a lovely golden yellow. Although it is a conifer (cone bearing), with needles, it is not considered an ...

There is a group of evergreens that contain some oddball trees, not fitting in the typical mold of conifers. It must have been somewhat difficult for the early botanists to name and classify some of ...

Western larches are stately trees, soaring 90 to nearly 200 feet tall, with branches that spill out in a neat cascade from a narrow crown. While the majority of conifers are evergreen — retaining ...