As our thoughts turn to spring planting, let’s look at underplanted trees and shrubs over the next few weeks. When you think of conifers, you think of trees with needles and cones — pines, spruce, ...

Almost naked last week, the larch still held enough color to stand out in the crowd of evergreens. Clusters of green needle-shaped leaves emerged during spring like a feathery fleece on the tree’s ...

Western larches are the showy paradox of Inland Northwest forests. Each fall, the trees outshine other conifers with a short-lived burst of gold-hued beauty. At Sherman Pass in the Colville National ...

LEAVENWORTH — You can spot the gold of the larch trees high on the eastern and northern Cascades. But to really see them, to feel their softness and breathe in their scent, you must hike. Up. And up ...

In response to last week's column about identifying evergreens, reader Gary H. asks columnist Don Kinzler if a larch is considered an evergreen because it loses its needles in the winter. Reader Gary ...

Larch tree cones grow near the top of very tall trees, which makes them tough to collect for anything other than squirrels. The Flathead National Forest needs a lot of larch cones for its reseeding ...

It can be a challenge to find a tree that thrives in a cold climate, but it's not impossible. Plant this fast-growing conifer ...

As November comes to a close, we find ourselves just three weeks away from the official arrival of winter. Many of us have seen our first snowflakes already, and last week, we had a wintry mix that ...

As our thoughts turn to spring planting, let’s look at underplanted trees and shrubs over the next few weeks. In this age of the global economy, being a native plant may not be all it’s cracked up to ...