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 ...

The first sign of an attack is usually a smell, an aroma that can be quite pleasant, like a freshly cut Christmas tree. It emanates from some of the deepest swamps and most hidden recesses of ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- Josh Horky had climbed the 65-foot tamarack tree before. In fact, it's the tree that holds the first-ever witches' broom he discovered. Horky, of Duluth, is a botanist and witches' ...

Tamarack is a tree with a number of aliases hackmatack, eastern larch, or if you re from Northern Maine and feeling contrary, juniper. Whatever you call it, this scraggly tree, easy to overlook for ...

“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 ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- On a frigid January morning, Rich Larson scales a big tamarack tree, breaking off branches as he climbs towards his target. About 30 feet high, as the wind swirls around him, Larson, ...