In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

Not all conifers are evergreens, and deciduous conifers include some of the most beautiful trees. A beautiful, deciduous conifer? Most people plant conifers because they keep their leaves year-round.

The bulk of the broad-leaf deciduous trees drop their leaves at about the middle of October as well, allowing us to see the terrific tamaracks even better. As we depart this colorful leaf-drop month, ...

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 ...

Plants that are green all year are a key element in landscape design. Walk out of your house now, in the dead of winter, and what stands out in the garden? Trees and shrubs that are green all year ...

Brown and gray, you can go away now. With pewter skies, taupe trees and blah-colored mud getting old fast, gardeners are craving green. The desperately needed hue, fortunately, shines year-round on ...

One of my favorite excursions of the year is my AP Environmental Science class field trip up Blue Job Mountain in Farmington, N.H. The purpose of this field trip is to collect data about a variety of ...

As the Earth tilts on its axis away from the sun, cold and blustery weather sets in. Animals in the Berkshires employ various strategies to get through our harsh winters. Bats and woodchucks hibernate ...