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- From: R*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 00:01:10 EST
From: RYFigge@aol.com
Well, under the guise of educating the iris public re to plant labels, I'll
enter the discussion. If anyone saw my garden now, they would suspect a mouse
graveyard!! I use plastic spoons, putting the iris name in the bowl and also
on the otherside of the spoon - if the weather wears out the name there, it
usually remains in the bowl of the spoon. These are inexpensive, and if you
get the right kind of spoon, they don't break if stepped on by animals.
Another hint -don't buy spoons that have a smooth handle - get the kind that
have some"bumps" or something that gives resistance and they are not likly to
heave out of the ground so easily - and if they do,, they are small enough to
lie close to where they belong. They are good temporary markers that last
longer than a marked leaf . Then, when you have more time you can label the
permanent marker - I use those from PAW-PAW - the ones for roses. I like to
have everything labelled, altho I know there are the purists who do not want
any labels to mar the landscape but that means you have to have alll the names
at your fingertips for visitors and I would rather they be able to educate
themselves by reading labels! This idea is not original with me, and it was
so reported in the AIS BULLETIN about ?? years ago by me. Rosalie nr
Baltimore zone 7, ryfigge@aol.com
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