Coolest plant tag ever! Easy to make - and from recycled cans

Marjory Wildcraft

If you are like me, you are absolutely certain you will remember that plants name as you are putting it in the ground.

And then two weeks later. Or it might even be the next day....

Uh, what was that again?

A friend, Joe Jarvis who is a writer for Sovereign Man, came by the other day with some gift trees.

And oh yes, I loved the trees. But what excited me more was the little plant tags that came with them.

I used to use pencil on bits of old window blinds. Sharpies definitely fade in a short time. Pen also evaporates. Pencil will hold on for a good while, although it is faint and gets smeared sometimes.

Joe's little sign (actually his friend Peter made the sign) was from an aluminum can and the lettering is done simply with a nail or old ball point pen. His lettering is very nice isn't it?

I am thinking of punching a small hole in a corner and hanging the tag on a low branh versus the little stand he made.

Either way, such a good solution.

Lisa K

That is cool! When I took down my aluminum blinds, I cut them down to size and tapered the bottom then used them as plant tags. I just wrote the names on them, but I like the embossed idea!

VermontCathy

Labeling is a good idea, but I never trust labels to stay where they are supposed to be.

All my plants are also labeled in my gardening notebook, with detailed diagrams showing which plant is where.

Lisa K

@VermontCathy that is a great idea, I have discovered that tags seem to walk away.

kbmbillups1

That is a good idea but I'm afraid I'd cut myself. I have diagrams as well.

vickeym

I do a similar type of tag, using pre-used canning lids. writing on the inside of the lid with a sharpie marker seems to last quite a while. Mine are two years old and still very visible and readable.

I bought a cheap set of alphabet punches but have only tried it once so far. Need to practice with them a bit before I can make a usable label with them.

Punches are something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Letter-Number-Stamp-Hardened-Leather/dp/B082P7XN81/ref%3Dsr_1_23?crid=EXRX2TYAXKVT&keywords=alphabet+punches&qid=1694940816&sprefix=alphabet+punches%2Caps%2C261&sr=8-23

Michelle D

I tend to not label in the ground either, just on paper. I always lose my tags.

That set looks like it could be really useful for a lot of things @vickeym