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Henhouse said:I started using the brother's P-touch labeler a few years ago and sticking them on metal markers I get from Paw Paw Everlast Co. You can get essentially the same product from Kinkaid or Lee Valley, but Paw Paw always ships very quickly. I think their prices are similar. Time will tell how well they last, but the 2 and 3 year old tags so no sign of wear yet..

This is something that interests me, and Paw Paw is located fairly local (Michigan?). I guess I'm looking at a fairly large project 200-300 labels. (Have other perennials too that I label)

Henhouse said:Leon, You didn't say what labeling system you used, or how long you've had the labels. Your pictures show cultivars from the 80's.. If you've had them for 25 years, that's pretty impressive, really...

I think I got my initial batch of labels on line from somewhere in Maine (about 2004). They were the 'peel & stick' kind that attach to the metal plates made at that time by EON in Ohio. Judging from the rust on some of the plates they have held up fairly well. Currently I have some 'missing' labels where I have marked with temporary markers like the one for Ramses shown in the picture below. But they don't last and are only temporary at best for 6 months. I make them from carpenter shims.