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labels

What is the best kind of plant label to use?  I just bought some plastic
ones, but if they only last a year that won't do.  Do the metal ones
last a long time?  If I use metal, do I need to etch in the plant name?
Do the metal labels pull out of the ground and wash away?  (My kids are
likely to pull them out, but that is another story.)  I just put in a
lot of new daylilies, and I want to be sure to remember what I have
planted when they come up next year . . . .
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From: Kathy Kennedy
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: red stem mystery/ labels / seedbed
Date: Thursday, September 18, 1997 10:41AM

Hi Peter,
I don't know about your mystery plant, but for writing labels on
plastic,
try an opaque paint marker,  In my area these are sold at Michael's, a
chain arts & crafts supply store.  Brand name: DecoColor.  They come in
broad line, fine line, and extra fine line.  These pens are like regular
markers but have paint instead of ink.  The paint is readable a lot
longer
than Sharpies, a good brand of permanent ink markers available around
here.  At work we use them on plastic and the writing has held up more
than a year, outdoors.  I'm experimenting on wood, & am hoping the paint
applied with the markers will hold up well.  For back-up, make a map of
your gardens.

As for the perennial seed bed, if it was me I'd just leave it where it
is
and hope for the best.  Mulch the plants well before you leave, without
smothering them. I wouldn't put glass over it if you are going to
be gone for long stretches of time.  If it heats up, you won't be home
to
ventilate the bed, and your seedlings could cook.  Next year, if this
doesn't work out, relocate to a sunnier spot.  This is general advice,
you
didn't mention specific names of plants you're growing.

Good luck,
Kathy in  Missouri


On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Peter Kourtz wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a wonderful plant that I am hoping you will help me identify.
> It is new to me this year and I do not know if I grew it from a seed
> exchange or where it came from. Since I have five of them I think it
> might be from seed. I have no idea if it is annual or perennial.
>
> It is three feet tall, with red stems, with leaves and stems whorled
> in threes along the main stem. Each of these produce a flowering
> branch. The flowers  are clustered and resemble a snapdragon with the
> bottom lip being Burgundy and the top part a pink. They have been
> blooming three weeks. It is not Turtlehead (Chelone). Does anyone
> grow an Angelica that looks like this, as I have left over seed from
> and exchange of this.
>
> Secondly I am wondering what markers you use to mark plastic that
> stay permanent. All my markings washed out so I can not identify my
> plants.
>
> Thirdly I started a seed bed about a month ago. I put it in part
> shade but a master gardener later told me it needs 6 hours of
> sunshine. Most of the perennial  seeds are up, some just breaking
through. My
> plan is to just leave them uncovered for winter and see what
> happens. We get over three feet of snow here for good protection but
> I am unable to cover them after the freeze as I won't be here. Has
> anyone tried this? I could put a big window over them, not tight.
> Would this help?
>
> Joanne
> Muskoka, Ontario, zone 4 (and no major frost yet)
>
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