Garden Tags

Imagine a world where every garden, school yard, and public space becomes an immersive and educational experience. A place where nature and knowledge intertwine to create stunning interpretive trails.

We are excited to introduce a groundbreaking initiative that will transform the way we engage with our surroundings—the Interpretive Trails Project.

With a simple scan using your smartphone, you’ll unlock a whole new level of information and convenience. No more searching through countless books or websites to find details about your plants.

Our planet’s pollinators are in need of our help. With shrinking habitats and changing landscapes, it’s crucial to create pollinator corridors, pathways, patches, and stepping stones to support their vital work. And now, you can be a part of this critical mission with our innovative Outdoor Aluminum Plant Tags!

Each tag showcases the plant’s pollinator-attracting properties, ensuring you make informed choices when designing your garden. From native flowering plants to nectar-rich blooms, every plant tag becomes a symbol of support for our precious pollinators.

You can purchase garden tags at the PollinatorWeb Etsy store

We offer more tags than Etsy allows us to display, so if you’re looking for specific plant, you can view a the list of Plants By Common Name or search for a keyword (recommended, see below)

Because common names can be ambiguous, try searching for a keyword in this page to find a desired plant (the keyword will be highlighted throughout the page, allowing you to scroll down and view the results):

See a gallery of Photos of the Standard Garden Tags here.

Each plant tag is linked to a dedicated web page by a QR code* to provide information about frost sensitivity, watering preferences, bloom times and special values like nectar plant, host plant, bird nesting habitat, hummingbird attractor or native bee favorite.

The plastic tag holder allows you to document specifics about a plant, like hybrid name.

*You can try it now – open the Camera on your smart phone and focus on the QR code – when your phone displays PollinatorWeb.com text, click on it. (Older phones may require you to use a QR Code Scanner app.)

A list of planned tags is provided at the bottom of this page. Stakes not included.

You can buy the plastic plant stakes from Amazon for a great price:

Add a Tag to Your Garden!

Imagine a world where every garden, school yard, and public space becomes an immersive and educational experience.

A place where nature and knowledge intertwine to create stunning interpretive trails.

With a simple scan using your smartphone, you’ll unlock a whole new level of information and convenience.

No more searching through countless books or websites to find details about your plants.

Production Process

I create a file with each ordered tag in a corresponding slot, send it to the laser and the engraving begins. It takes 7 hours to engrave 50 tags.

Afterwards I hand wash each tag to remove residue and drill a mounting hole. Total time from setup to completed original series tags is 8 hours.

The Museum Series

  • 4X thicker
  • Engraved on our new CO2 laser
  • Made for more demanding outdoor applications
  • 5″ x 7″ (35 sq inches) allows for descriptive text that can be read from standing height.
    Coming Soon to Etsy!

For newer smart phones, just use the Camera app; once it recognizes the QR code you simply select the displayed URL (press on pollinatorweb.com). You may have to enable this feature in your Camera Settings.

Older generation smart phones may require that you download a QR Code Reader app – these are available for free.

First Museum Series tag prototypes are off the laser bed and in the garden!

Over time we’ll be expanding our tag categories to include helpful reminders and also butterflies, bees and other insects. See other Specialty tags below.

In Maricopa County the average first frost date varies from Nov 21st to Dec 12th. In Tucson the average first frost date is Dec 3rd.

  • Keep plants well watered
  • Place plants in a protected microclimate
  • Protect by covering plants, adding heat or increasing air circulation
  • Do not prune frost damage until plants begin growing

For more info: Protecting Frost Sensitive Plants

Plants by Common Name

MPPH – Maricopa Pollinator Pathway Host Starter Palette
MPPN – Maricopa Pollinator Pathway Nectar Starter Palette
* – Coming Soon

Note: Descriptive text for the 5″ x 7″ Museum Series tags will be added to the web pages when orders are placed. If you’re ordering a tag without a description, that detail will be added while your tag is being made.

A, B

C, D

E, F, G, H, I, J

K, L, M, N, O

P, Q

  • Paleface Hibiscus (Hibiscus denudatus) Rock Hibiscus, Naked Hibiscus
  • Palo Verde Trees (Parkinsonia spp) Foothill Palo Verde, Little Leaf Palo Verde, Parkinsonia macrophylla, Blue Palo Verde, Parkinsonia florida, Palo Brea, Sonoran Palo Verde, Parkinsonia praecox, Mexican Palo Verde, Parkinsonia aculeata, Desert Museum Palo Verde, Parkinsonia x ‘Desert Museum’
  • *Pam’s Pink Honeysuckle
  • Parish’s Goldeneye (Bahiopsis parishii) Nevada Goldeneye, Parish’s Scrub-Aster, Shrubby Goldeneye
  • Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) – MPPH
  • Passion Vine (Passiflora spp) Passiflora arida, Passiflora arizonica, Passiflora incarnata, Maypop, Passion Flower, Purple Passion Vine, Passiflora foetida
  • Penstemon spp Beardtongues, Beardtongue, Parry’s Penstemon, Firecracker Penstemon, Penstemon eatonii, Penstemon parryi, Jarritos, Red Penstemon, Penstemon barbatus, Scented Beardtongue, Penstemon palmeri, Arizona Penstemon, Penstemon pseudospectabilis, Hill Country Penstemon, Penstemon triflorus
  • Perennial Rockcress (Boechera perennans) Arabis angulata, Arabis arcuata var. perennans, Arabis eremophila, Arabis gracilenta, Arabis perennans, Arabis recondite
  • Pesticide Free Zone (see Specialty tags below)
  • Pineleaf Milkweed (Asclepias linearis) Hierba del Cuervo
  • Pink Fairyduster (Calliandria eriophylla) False Mesquite, Hairy-Leaved Calliandra, Mesquitella, Mock Mesquite, Pink Fairyduster, Pink-flowered Acacia, Pink Mimosa, Stickpea, Huajillo, Mezquitillo, Cosahui, Pelo de Angel, Cabeza de Angel
  • Poppies (Eschscholzia spp) Eschscholzia californica, California poppy, Eschscholzia glyptosperma, Desert Poppy, Eschscholzia mexicana, Mexican gold poppy, Eschscholzia minutiflora, Small-flowered poppy, Eschscholzia cespitosa, Tufted poppy, Goldenpoppy, Amapola, Amapola del Campo, Amarilla
  • Prairie Acacia (Acaciella angustissima) Whiteball Acacia, Fern Acacia, Ocpatl, Prairie Acacia, Prairie Wattle, White Ball Acacia, Whiteball Acacia, Spanish: Guajillo, Day, Cantemó Palo de Pulque, Barbas de Chivo
  • Prickly Pear (Opuntia spp) Engelmann’s Prickly Pear, Indian Fig, Opuntia ficus-indica, Opuntia engelmannii, Santa Rita, Opuntia santa-rita, Plains, Opuntia polycantha, Purple, Opuntia macrocentra, Old Mexico, Opuntia gomei
  • Purple Threeawn (Arstida purpurea) Red Threeawn, Purple Three Awn
  • Queen’s Wreath (Antigonon leptopus) Coral Vine, Confederate Vine, Mexican Coral Vine, Mexican Creeper, Mountain-rose Coralvine, Pink Vine, Queen’s Jewels, Sanmiguelito, Flor de San Miguel, Coronella, Coronillo, Bellissima, Cadeña de Amor

R, S

T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Want a tag that’s not on the list? Complete the form below to request a new tag or tags. Note that new tags must support the pollinator ecosystem, be a useful low-water landscape plant in the low desert, or be a collector cactus or succulent of significant interest. Include the scientific name(s) if possible.

Specialty Tags

In Maricopa County the average first frost date varies from Nov 21st to Dec 12th. In Tucson the average first frost date is Dec 3rd.

  • Keep plants well watered
  • Place plants in a protected microclimate
  • Protect by covering plants, adding heat or increasing air circulation
  • Do not prune frost damage until plants begin growing

For more info: Protecting Frost Sensitive Plants

New! I’ll post a photo of the actual tag soon 🙂

Gallery of Standard Garden Tag Photos

We haven’t taken photos of every tag we offer, or have engraved, but here’s a good illustration of how they appear.

Butterflies by Common Name

* – Coming Soon

*American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)