Oh my. The one and only time I corrected someone's spelling on a forum was this same error ;) C1nicolei, you've managed to strike out a couple of times here. When you've quit blushing, maybe try again with the photo of your PLANT. It's not showing for us.

Oh, I think I found it. I think it's a Cupressocyparis leylandii "Gold Rider". Least that's the closest I have found so far. Here is a link that might be useful: Cupressocyparis leylandii

I have pictures of what I believe is the tree I was trying to identify. The original tree that I saw was gone, however I spotted this one over the weekend at OARDC, Wooster, behind the Stone House, next to the Rose Garden of Legend and Romance. I'm sure, now, it's not a conifer and not exactly the way I remembered it. I will attempt to post pictures below. Thank you all for your patience and help. Linda Renee [url="http://www.fototime.com/pictinv/105695AC45E4347"][img]http://www.fototime.com/105695AC45E4347/medium.jpg[/img][/url] [url="http://www.fototime.com/pictinv/4133F247319C4F4"][img]http://www.fototime.com/4133F247319C4F4/medium.jpg[/img][/url] [url="http://www.fototime.com/pictinv/2F24BE757AAABE1"][img]http://www.fototime.com/2F24BE757AAABE1/medium.jpg[/img][/url]

Hope you have found some good heirlooms to try this year. You had a pretty good selection last year. Cherokee Purple is one of my favorites. Sun Gold is the only hybrid I grow. A really neat cherry is Black Cherry. Looks like a mini Cherokee Purple and more prolific for me than Sun Gold. Black Cherry is not an heirloom, but an open pollinated variety. You can save seed from it. It will grow true. For future reference, look at Sandhill Preservation, a family run seed catalogue in Iowa. They are on-line. Don't remember their exact url, but you won't have trouble finding it. Huge tomato section, including some very rare and interesting ones. Do not let anyone tell you we can't grow delicious tomatoes here. We can, but it takes some planning. You need to start your own seed. I start mine in February or March. But I have a mini greenhouse to put them in later in the spring, and not everyone does. Choose the sunniest spots in your garden for the plants. I have large trees around me, so I have to plant in the same places yearly. By all means experiment with walls of water, hoop houses, cloches, wrapping tomato cages with clear plastic, planting near walls or driveways or in pots and hanging baskets. All can be effective. And one of the most important ways to get a big and delicious tomato is to grow one that consistently grows big and delicious. I've traded for some terrific ones in the tomato seed exchange forum here on garden web. Neves Azorean Red grows huge and yummy tomatoes, but I don't think too many catalogues have it yet. This is the latest grower in my collection. Probably over 90 days from transplant. Even with my limited sunshine, my biggest tomato grew over 2 pounds. One that is easier to find and grows around a pound and more for me is Aker's West Virginia. And the stems are huge on this one. Very sturdy plant. You've already tried Cherokee Purple. I have grown it for years because of the taste. A really nifty book with excellent tomato info is Dr. Carolyn J. Male's, "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden." She is also a valued contributor here on garden web, mostly in the tomato forum, but sometimes elsewhere. The book has terrific pictures and history of the tomato variety when known. Although I love and appreciate Territorial and Nichol's, I do not rely on them for interesting tomato varieties. I did buy the Beaverlodge Series and Orange King from Territorial this year, just to try them, but they don't have that many interesting tomatoes. That said, I love them for most other seeds and their excellent growers info. Tomato Growers is excellent and so is Baker Heirloom Seeds. I did not care for Siletz and I have not grown Willamette. Most folks in the northwest seem to be under the impression that we can't grow delicious tomatoes, but must grow only the boring earlies. Untrue! (Although it's a lot harder around Seattle and the Pudget sound area.) If I recall correctly, the Delta Farms folks retired. All the best to you for your 2006 garden. Mary