Because of the expected demise of the ash trees, many home owners are investigating different options for landscape trees. Wisconsin has a variety of both deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous ...

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 ...

One thinks of conifers and immediately envisions evergreen. Conifers are cone-bearing trees that frequently do keep their leaves year round. Common examples are pines, firs, spruce, and cedars.

Look up, look down, and look all around because it appears to be another banner year for cones.:Pine cones, spruce cones, fir cones. When we talk "pine" cones, it includes them all and today that's ...

The season of dazzling hillsides ablaze with vivid, colorful, autumnal foliage is all but over. There may be three more weeks before the winter solstice, but already most of our trees are showing ...

Look up, look down, and look all around because it appears to be another banner year for cones. Pine cones, spruce cones, fir cones when we talk “pine” cones it includes them all and today that’s just ...

As the wet and wind strip the last colorful leaves of autumn from the trees and blanket the forest floor with a crisp carpet, the hilly landscape fades into a palette of gray-brown branches, dark ...

I’ve probably biked or driven by it hundreds of times over the years, dozens at least in the past six months. But it was not until recently that I took note of this large tamarack on Seventh Street ...

Looks like: A medium-sized conifer with soft, needle-like leaves which grow out from warty bumps on the branches. Bark is dark with plates. Leaves turn yellow and fall in autumn. Grows in: Northern, ...

“I hate to see that old Tamarack go,” Frank says. “I think I’ll save some of the wood and turn a few bowls.” Amy pats my trunk. “That would be nice. It’s been a special tree. Maybe some of its seeds ...

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 ...

It’s like taking your life in your hands, walking under the great white pines in Thickson’s Woods these days. Cones are ripe, and red squirrels are at work far out on the tips of the branches, ...