Plant labels

[Maggi Young]

Oh, should've mentioned in my previous message, I cut my flexible vinyl labels in half with scissors, doubling the value of an order of labels.

Scottish blood gets everywhere........    

[Graeme]

normally get them from LBS in boxes of 1000 - however got about 10,000 from Wilco when they were getting rid of the gardening stuff in autumn - and they are surprisingly good quality - just got hundreds of pencils as there was 1 with every 50 labels

also got a dyno pro and a TEC thermal printer as well - TEC does 4 labels a second, so gets through a drum of 1,000 quite quickly

on plastic labels always use a very fine paint pen and the labels last for years - always put two labels in every plant so if I re-pot and can split you always have a label 

[art600]

I get mine from SRGC shows and event, where Glassford Sprunt has various colours as well as glassine envelopes for sale. Probably not much help to you unless you'll be venturing north in show season.

These are without doubt the best labels ever.  They do not crack after long exposure to sun.  I initially bought 10,000 in various colours - my friends were very impressed.

It is a Scottish manufacturer, but I cannot remember the name - Maggi please help

[David Nicholson]

It is a Scottish manufacturer, but I cannot remember the name - Maggi please help

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[Maggi Young]

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Yes, thanks, David!    http://www.angloscottish.net/horticultural-labels-34-c.asp

[brianw]

They would seem to be quite expensive. Hope they last. My last 1000 purchase from Ebay in 2012 was £8.50 + postage. Guess both will be a bit more now but I hope inflation has not gone that far. I find the soft pencil I use now lasts far longer than the labels which I usually crack by knocking or bending unintentially. Digging an old garden recently I last planted something in ~1983 I dug up some cut up yogurt pot labels and they were still readable. Still grow some of the plants too.

[art600]

Brian

They are really good.  I always buy more from Glassford when attending the Discussion weekend.   

David - sorry I missed your info.

[SJW]

Steve, Anglo-Scottish Packaging have a good selection of colours of plastic plant labels. Start here and if these are not what you are after a further look around the site should come up with more.

http://www.angloscottish.net/horticultural-labels-34-c.asp

Thanks, David. They look like the ones I've been after. And pleased to hear from Art that they're very good.

[Diane Whitehead]

My longest-lasting labels, the ones on fruit trees and rhododendrons, are by
MacPenny.  I bought them in the UK in 1979.  The black sides have faded from
exposure in the 35 years they've been hanging from branches, but they are
still legible.

For seedlings and vegetables, I cut up yogurt containers and use a grease pencil
(aka china marker).

[Darren]

I get mine from SRGC shows and event, where Glassford Sprunt has various colours as well as glassine envelopes for sale. Probably not much help to you unless you'll be venturing north in show season.

Me too - Sometimes Glassford sells them at the Hexham show, which is where I stocked up last year. They are excellent and I've never had one snap or go brittle. They are flexible and easy to write on with pencil. Many thanks for the link to the manufacturers!

Labels & Things used to sell some very similar and I would often buy them if I saw the company stand at a flower show but this type is not listed on their website any longer and I couldn't find any on their stand at the Holker Hall show back in the summer.

[Anthony Darby]

I'm working my way through a box of black ones I brought with me.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Me too - Sometimes Glassford sells them at the Hexham show, which is where I stocked up last year. They are excellent and I've never had one snap or go brittle. They are flexible and easy to write on with pencil. Many thanks for the link to the manufacturers!

Labels & Things used to sell some very similar and I would often buy them if I saw the company stand at a flower show but this type is not listed on their website any longer and I couldn't find any on their stand at the Holker Hall show back in the summer.

Exactly which labels on the AngloScottish website are we talking about?

[art600]

It s the top row

[David Nicholson]

I was talking these

http://www.angloscottish.net/100-x-16mm-stick-in-pink-178-p.asp

[ian mcdonald]

I don,t use labels. Often they are the only thing that survives.