How I label my plants (& aloes October 2025)
Seeing how I’m pretty obsessive about plant identification, I make every effort to label the plants in my garden. However, much to my chagrin, this is an all-too-common occurrence: Broken plant tags, grrrr After a while, plastic tags simply disintegrate — much more quickly in the hot sun, of course, than in the shade. The thinner the plastic, the faster that happens. For a while, I used the tags above, but they seem to last no more than two years. Then I switched to much thicker (and longer) tags, but I found them to be too hard to write on with a pencil. I think they’re meant for permanent markers, which are anything but permanent. Tags with faded writing are just as bad as broken tags. 6" tags, hard to write on with a pencil After some trial and error, I think I’ve found my forever tags. They’re made of plastic that is more flexible and hence seem less prone to snapping, and, even more importantly, they have a surface that’s rough enough to write on with a pencil. 4" Forain...