The Washington Post, December 3rd, 1989
There is no such thing as a satisfactory cheap permanent label, but this need not concern the gardener beyond a meditation on why not. As a practical matter some plants need to be marked. Recently, to give an example, I was digging up a strip of earth to the east of my house to plant some new things and in the general commotion forgot where a certain peony is. Or was. The familiar landmarks, such as a seedling oak, had all been dug up. Usually you can find a peony easily. Even if its leaves have fallen and its stems cut down (this is what comes of undue tidiness, a vice to which I am not usual...
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