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Labelling plants.

Last post 13-10-2009 8:22 AM by RogerBee. 3 replies.

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  • 28/09/2009 08:49 PM
    • clare
    • Devon
    • 25 Sep 2009
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    Am I alone in being driven absolutely mad by the lack of identification labels on plants in the premier gardens around the country? 

    Hidcote Manor is beautiful and full of interesting plants but all you can do is guess from the frankly pretty inadequate plant list they are happy to sell to you.  The larger shrubs and trees have numbered labels on them, presumably for identification by the staff so would it be so hard to give them names too? 

    The RHS gardens are the only ones I have visited where labels are in evidence and it makes such a difference.

  • 28/09/2009 09:02 PM
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    • Phot's-Moll
    • The sunny South coast.
    • 06 Jan 2007
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     Botanic gardens are usually well labelled too.

    Most gardens are designed to lokk good, not to educate or inform visitors and usually a flower border looks better without labels. I agree it can be frustrating though, especially if you're hoping to try to buy something you've seen.

    Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.
  • 12/10/2009 11:31 PM
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    • Weedless
    • Stourport on Severn
    • 12 Oct 2009
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    Hi, with regard to plant labelling, a good friend of mine who works for a NT site near me has recently told me of a neat system for engraving your own plant labels. It's a desktop system and the company can also provide a range of holders to suit. He was very impressed by the systems quality and it can produce labels to the NT standard. If anyone wants more details about this I can find out the company and costs etc

  • 13/10/2009 08:22 AM
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    • RogerBee
    • Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
    • 14 Jan 2009
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    Surely a simple photograph, or series of them (doesn't even have to be printed in colour) with the plant names annotated would help visitors to gardens. That way plant lists have more meaning and you don't need to clutter beds with plant labels (which can't get lost or put by the wrong plants either).

    Give it a go - it might just work!