I use the p-touch label maker also for the garden marker and they are great. I usually find the TZ tape on Amazon for less than what you would pay in the store (sometimes not). The paint markers I use for pot labels and I always put a tag in the ground with the plant just in case the garden markers get moved or something then I still can know what the plant is. I have used the Sharpie paint markers also and I found that they fade rather quickly.