Sorry for my upsent for so long time but I didn't have time for anything. I am on the end of studying and I have a lot of work in nursery. Sorry one more time. I hope this situation will be change from July.. I've just edit this post and I think that for better :) Thank you all for advice :) (Thank you Gardenweb for this option :)) garen59 Thank you for help I bought It in some nursery and there told me that I will find the name in catalog but I don't.... :( coniferjoy: I only know that Pinus NR1 pic. #5 came from Nederland to Kórnik Arboretum some 20 year ago and then this was new cultivar - sent them for observation. Greetings Wiktor

I am not sure how old the tree is. I think 20-30 years is a good guess. However, I am pretty sure it is not as old as the house. The youngest houses on our street were built in the late 50's. Ours was built in 48'. For being a mature tree it is about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of most trees around in here in residential areas. I would consider it small. But I don't think I be will planting one, while it is beautiful, it's not quite what I am looking for. Ken I realize you are full of good information and I have learned a lot from you. But as far as size of my yard and size of trees I don't quite understand your thoughts. Maybe it is because you are on a large plot of land that we think differently. But If that tree is too big for a 1/2 an acre lot than I can't imagine any tree small enough. I have been noticing quite a few weeping willows around here in front and back yards most at least half if not 1/4 the size of mine. They look very nice. In fact I saw one in a front yard about a 1/4 the size of my back yard that looked very nice. I thought about taking a picture, but I was driving too fast LOL. Honestly, our yard is HUGE by residential standards and has only one baby WW (about 6 feet tall). I think we could manage a couple more trees. But opinions and information are great so please keep them coming I am learning a lot! Here is a photo taken from about ten feet in from our back fence looking toward the back of our house. Taken last spring.

I too grew up in the conifer-rich pacific northwest and have (I blush to admit) always sort of yawned over the local flora. My early gardening years were entirely focussed on perennials and deciduous shrubs and the like. I began to be interested in conifers as several things happened at once. First, I tripped over Garden Web and found myself particularly stuck in the landscape design and conifers forum; second, I was becoming frustrated at how amorphous my plantings and my yard in general looked. Third, I had a problem bed, a foot wide along a sidewalk that needs to be kept clear, with which I had been struggling for years, and when I applied conifers to this problem, it suddenly became a snap to design something nice that didn't reach out and trip someone. Conifers have improved all my plantings, and are gradually reducing my interest in other plants, as I absorb the same aesthetic that leads Botann to say that "Conifers look best in communities of conifers with deciduous plants taking a minor role." I've even come to admire shearing, though I don't do any yet, as I realize that some people (like Botann) shear character into conifers, rather than out of them. I don't know that cultivating a certain garden taste in advance of a house purchase will serve you well, though. Although it may help drive your choice, it tends to be more likely that you will be looking for a style to fit whatever conditions you land in.

the trick with ptouch label makers.. is to run the names together... on one tape.. rather than individually printing every name... its all about the waste at the beginning and end of each name ... which can end up being half the cartridge ... also.. i use two different fonts for latin and cultivar name ... mostly because the latin words can be so long.. that your label would have to be ginormous to fit it all ... [to do this.. you have to run a tape of both fonts.. you cant do different fonts on one tape.. on my machine anyway .. that and i want to actually focus while standing on the cultivar name ... no real use for a label that you have to get on your knees to read ... so.. what machine.. and what metal tags.. thats the other side of the equation .. tapes can also be had at great discount online in volume .... ken as an example