What does everyone thing? I'm thinking about getting either

These Zinc ones (good price)
http://everlastlabel.com/index...

Or these Copper ones:
http://www.metalgardenmarkers....

I'd like to know everyone's opinion though.

Either one looks good to me - not helpful, I know. I have the aluminum tags that attach to the plant and I can never find them.

PPal - That's my problem.. my aluminum tags are down at the base, so I have to do a little bloodletting to find it, if I can 1) find it and 2) read it (bent, smudged, mangled, legible). So I have a ton of aluminum tags that are nice tags, just not usable for what I want. I think I bought 250 of them last year.

I think the zinc ones look just as good, Toni, and you'd save money. That's a big price difference.

I use aluminum, too. Coles is the mfr. I found the ad in ARS handbook for selecting roses. They are cheap, durable, easy to use, and ugly. So

I think next it's zinc .
Thanks for the link.

Mine were ugly when I first put them on- glinting in the sunlight. Now they are largely invisible - especially when I want to find them - vanished into the recent growth.

I have been using paint or paint pens on salvaged, cut plastic blinds. Lots of them get thrown out here as people move in and out. I tried painting names for plants on rocks with paint this year. I like the look of the rocks among the plants in a cottage setting. I'll see how they hold up. I really like the look of copper in the garden, but it is more pricey.