Tired of trying to remember the name of that plant? Or -- trying to read your faded plant tag that is falling apart? Here's an inexpensive, interchangeable, and permanent plant tag that is easy to make with a few tools and materials.
I am mainly concerned with markers for my potted plants. House plants. I have over 1850. I have tried metal tags as you mention. I have tried various markers on regular plastic sticks. Nothing seems to withstand the sun and weather. What I do now, and it works, is use a number of different colored plastic sticks and a number of different hole punches. I have an index card for each species with the marker for that species listed and other info. Worse case scenario for this is the color of the marker fading in the sun (which has not happened yet.) But the odds of an Aloe with a red marker with a star and a small hole, even if it faded to pink (yes, I use pink) also being an Aloe (pink, star, small hole) are very small. May I suggest that if you do want metal markers out in the garden, hole punches might be the way to go. Gene
That's an extraordinary number of houseplants, I can't even imagine (well, maybe I can, I may have that many mineral specimens, but they don't require much attention).
I figure you'd be able to relate to that statement Gene.
Google is your friend. I have plastic sticks in: white, black, red, pink, dark blue, light blue, yellow, green, lavender. Hole punches: heart, spade, club, diamond, large hole, small hole, bar, flower, star. Google and you can find these and more. "Space" counts as a character. if you need more combos. Gene
