Free Printable Plant Markers
Make free printable plant markers for your seed trays, pots, and garden rows. Pick a watercolor picture, type the plant name, variety, and planting date, and print. No sign-up needed.
Make free printable plant markers for your seed trays, pots, and garden rows. Pick a watercolor picture, type the plant name, variety, and planting date, and print. No sign-up needed.
No picture for your plant? Tap Name only for a marker with just the words.
Print on white card stock for the sturdiest markers. Cut on the gray lines.
Pick a style first. Pot stakes are tall and narrow, made for seed trays, pots, and containers. Row signs are bigger and easier to read from the garden path. Stick labels are narrow strips that cover the face of a wooden stick.
Tap a picture for each plant you're growing. Type the name, the variety if you want it, and the date you planted. The variety and date are worth adding, because by July nobody remembers which tomato was which.
Want something prettier? Open the Seed Packet Art tab for full-color garden paintings, the same ones on our free printable seed packets. They look best on pot stakes and row signs.
Need more than one? Change "How many" to make several of the same marker, like four for a long row of beans. Each sheet holds 8 free printable plant markers, and the tool adds more sheets as you need them.
Cut on the gray lines. The markers sit edge to edge, so one cut with a paper trimmer separates two at once.
The easy way: card stock and clear packing tape. Print on white card stock, cover both sides with clear packing tape, and tape each marker to a stick. They'll last a growing season.
The sturdy way: vinyl sticker paper on wooden sticks. Print the stick labels or row signs on printable vinyl sticker paper and stick them right onto the wood. Twelve-inch wooden paint stirrers are just right: a stick label covers the face, or a row sign sits across the top like a little signpost. Jumbo craft sticks work for seed trays and pots.
Let the ink dry before you touch it. Inkjet ink can smear on vinyl, even on "waterproof" sheets, so give it a few hours. A strip of clear packing tape over the top keeps the colors from fading in summer sun.
Laminating works too. Leave a narrow clear edge when you cut, so water can't creep in.
Pull the markers before frost. Wipe them off and store them flat with your seed packets, and many of them will be ready to use again next spring.
Seed starting: mark every cell or row in your seed trays. Many seedlings look alike when they first come up, especially tomatoes and peppers, or the cabbage family.
Plant gifts: tuck a free printable plant marker into a potted seedling or a pot of herbs to give to a friend or a teacher.
Kids' gardens: let children make their own free printable plant markers, picking the pictures and typing the plant names. Kids love seeing their own row marked with a picture.
Plant sales and swaps: clear labels with variety names make it easy for people to choose.