The horticultural and nursery industry represents a large and growing portion of the economy. The industry encompasses a wide variety of operations, including commercial nurseries providing tree seedlings for fruit or wood pulp production and operations catering to individuals who enjoy planting and caring for various shrubs and plants at home.
In most facets of this industry, it is common to identify the particular plant or seedling by a nursery or plant tag. This tag will generally include some written indicia, including the identity of the plant or seedling, some description of the plant or seedling and instructions on the care thereof. The plant tag should be easy to attach on the plant to reduce labor costs, should be mounted on the plant so that the indicia can be readily seen by the potential purchaser, should not injure the plant and yet be secured to the plant so that it will not come off unintentionally under the influence of wind, rain and other environmental factors.
Several plant tag designs have been developed. One example of such a tag is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,407,082, issued on Oct. 4, 1983 to William J. Stehouwer. However, the industry continues to search for improved tags. However, none of the prior plant tags has proven fully satisfactory. Therefore, a need exists to develop a plant tag which has the advantages noted above and can be made inexpensively with readily available materials.