When we moved to Montana last fall, the trees were just starting to turn color. The larch were absolutely stunning, practically glowing yellow against the dark green of the pine and fir. This was the view of our backyard last October:
Larch are the only coniferous trees to lose their needles during the winter months, and let me tell you, once they do… they’re ugly. They look dead, with a bunch of spindly branches.
But as spring comes around in earnest, they’re starting to bud and the light green leaves are, again, an interesting contrast against the other darker trees in the forest.
Pretty soon it’ll look like a real forest again!