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Plant Ink at a glance
- What we sell: printed apparel and gifts with original botanical illustrations: tees, a long sleeve, sweatshirts, a hoodie, tote bags, a garden apron and mugs.
- What we do not sell: live plants, seeds, cuttings or soil. Every parcel holds printed goods only.
- How the range is built: twenty numbered plates, Plate No. 1 to Plate No. 20. Each one names its plant twice, by common name and by botanical name.
- Your name: three plates take a name or a garden name on the collector’s line, printed exactly as you type it.
- Delivery: printed to order in 1-3 business days, then 7-14 business days in transit. Free shipping, no minimum, to the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Ships from the USA.
- Returns: 60 days, with a free return label. Refund within 7 days of receiving the return.
- Support: support@plantink.shop, email only, reply within 24 hours on business days.
A plant store that sells no plants
Plant Ink is a small online store for people who grow things. We print original botanical illustrations on clothing and a few useful objects, and we label every design the way a specimen is labelled in a herbarium: a plate number, the plant’s common name, and its botanical name underneath.
That is the whole idea. You will not find a wall of slogans here, and you will not find a design that shows “a leaf” without saying which leaf. If the drawing is a monstera, the plate says Monstera and Monstera deliciosa. If it is a string of hearts, the plate says String of Hearts and Ceropegia woodii. People who keep plants tend to notice a wrong leaf or a wrong name, so we put the name where you can check it.
We should also be plain about what is in the parcel. Plant Ink sells printed apparel and gifts. We do not sell live plants, seeds, cuttings, bulbs or soil, and nothing of that kind is ever packed with an order. A product called the Hoya Illustration T-Shirt is a T-shirt with an illustration of a hoya on it.
What a plate is
In old botanical books, each full-page illustration was called a plate and carried a number. We borrowed the habit. Every Plant Ink design is one plate, and the numbers run from Plate No. 1 to Plate No. 20.
What every plate carries
- A plate number. It is how we refer to a design in emails and how you can refer to it when you write to us.
- The common name. The name you would use at a plant swap: Golden Pothos, Fiddle-Leaf Fig, Sweet Pea, Tomato.
- The botanical name. Genus and species, set in italic: Epipremnum aureum, Ficus lyrata, Lathyrus odoratus, Solanum lycopersicum.
- One original illustration. The illustrations are original designs made for Plant Ink. They are printed on the product, not sewn into it.
Plate notes on the product page
Each product page has a short block called Plate notes. It repeats the plate number and both names and says in a sentence or two what the drawing shows, for example a trailing stem with paired leaves, or a single leaf with its splits. It is there so you can answer one question before you buy: is this the plant I think it is?
We name each plant with care, and we would rather hear about a mistake than leave one standing. If you believe a name or a drawing is wrong, email support@plantink.shop with the plate number and tell us what you see.
Your name on the collector’s line
A herbarium sheet has one more line on its label: who collected the specimen. Three of our plates keep that line open for you.
| Plate | Piece | What you choose | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. 1 | Monstera Illustration T-Shirt with Your Name | The wording of the line (From the garden of, Grown by, or From the windowsill of) and a name | Name up to 22 characters |
| Plate No. 11 | Sweet Pea Illustration Sweatshirt with Your Garden Name | A garden name, such as Nana June’s Herb Patch | Up to 24 characters |
| Plate No. 17 | Nasturtium Illustration Garden Apron with Your Name | A name or a garden name | Up to 20 characters |
The fields sit on the product page, and a live preview shows the line as you type. There is no extra charge for the name. Each of the three pieces also has an optional gift note of up to 140 characters; the note goes on the packing slip only and is never printed on the garment.
Two things are worth knowing before you type. First, we do not send a proof before printing. Second, we print exactly what you type, including capital letters, apostrophes and spacing. Read the preview once more before you add the piece to your cart. If you spot a slip afterwards, you have 24 hours from ordering to ask for a change; the Cancel or Change an Order page explains how.
All three plates are gathered under Personalized Plates.
Sorted by where the plants live
Most stores sort clothing by garment. We sort by the place a grower would stand. Someone with forty pots indoors and three raised beds outside is one person with two habitats, and the range is laid out to follow them from the window to the gate.
| Where | Range | What you will find |
|---|---|---|
| On the sill | Houseplant Tees | Plates of indoor plants on tees and one long sleeve: monstera, golden pothos, hoya, Chinese money plant, fiddle-leaf fig, polka dot begonia, and a windowsill of several plants together. |
| On the shelf | Sweatshirts & Hoodies | Trailing and climbing plants on warmer layers: string of hearts, heartleaf philodendron, rubber plant, and the sweet pea sweatshirt with your garden name. |
| In the bed | Garden Tees | Plates from the outdoor garden: tomato, sunflower, English lavender and a plate of kitchen herbs. |
| At the bench | Aprons, Totes & Mugs | Things that get used: two tote bags, the nasturtium garden apron and two mugs in 11 oz or 15 oz. |
| At the gate | Personalized Plates | The three pieces that carry a name or a garden name on the collector’s line. |
If you would rather see all twenty plates in one place, the shop page lists them together.
What we leave out, on purpose
A store is partly defined by what it declines to do. These are our rules for the range.
- No slogans or puns as the range. The plant and its name are the design. We do not print jokes about leaves.
- No unnamed plants. If we cannot say which plant a drawing shows, it does not become a plate.
- No brand names or cultivar trade names. Plates use species names and plain common names. We do not use trademarked plant series, nursery trade names, or the names of tool, soil or fertiliser brands.
- No live material. No plants, seeds, cuttings or soil, in any parcel, to any country.
- No claims about what plants do. We draw plants. We do not give plant-care, health or safety advice about them, and a plate is not a growing guide.
- No invented praise. You will not see made-up reviews, ratings or counters on this site.
How an order works
Nothing is printed until you order it. Here is the sequence, with the real numbers.
- You choose a plate, a colour and a size. Adult apparel runs S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL and 5XL in a unisex fit. Sizes 2XL and 3XL add $2; 4XL and 5XL add $4. Mugs come in 11 oz or 15 oz, and the larger mug adds $3. Tote bags and the apron are one size. The Size Guide explains how to compare against a garment you already own.
- You have 24 hours to change your mind. Within 24 hours of ordering you can ask us to cancel the order or change a size, a colour, an address or the text on a personalised plate.
- We print it. Each order is printed to order in 1-3 business days.
- It travels. Transit takes 7-14 business days to the US, and 7-14 business days to Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Shipping is free with no minimum. Orders ship from the USA. We deliver to those four countries only.
- You can send it back. You have 60 days to return a piece. We pay the return postage with a free return label, including when you have simply changed your mind, and that applies to personalised plates as well.
- We refund you. The refund is issued within 7 days of our receiving the return. If you choose store credit instead, it never expires.
A worked example helps. Suppose you are counting back from a date, perhaps a birthday for the gardener in the family. Allow 1-3 business days for printing and 7-14 business days in transit, and count business days only. We do not guarantee a delivery date, so order with room to spare. The Shipping & Delivery page goes through this in more detail.
Prices are in US dollars. Sales tax is not collected at checkout. For buyers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, duties and import taxes depend on the destination country’s rules; contact us before ordering if you are unsure.
If something is not right
Printed goods can go wrong, and a parcel can be late. Our answer is the same in each case: write to us and we will help.
- A print flaw or the wrong item. Email us with your order number and a photo. We will put it right with a replacement or a refund under the 60-day policy. Photos you send us for a report like this are deleted 30 days after delivery.
- A size that does not suit. Return it within 60 days with the free return label and order the size you want. The Returns & Exchanges Policy sets out the steps.
- A parcel that seems late. If tracking has not moved or the parcel seems late, email us and we will help. The Order Tracking page shows your order’s status.
- A question about the money. The Refund Policy covers when and how refunds are issued.
Who buys from Plant Ink
We see three kinds of buyer, and the site is written for all of them.
The grower buying for themselves
You keep houseplants, or a garden, or both. You know a new leaf when you see one, and you would spot a fiddle-leaf fig drawn with the wrong leaf shape. The plate notes and the botanical names are there for you.
The gift buyer
You are shopping for the plant person in your life and you may not know a pothos from a philodendron. That is fine. Pick the plant they talk about most, or choose one of the three personalised plates and put their name or their garden’s name on the line. If you are unsure of a size, the Size Guide suggests how to find out quietly.
The group
A garden club, a community garden or a plant-swap group sometimes wants the same plate for everyone. There is no minimum and no group form: each member places their own order in their own size and colour. Six members of a community garden can each order the Tomato Illustration T-Shirt separately and still turn up matching.
Who is behind the store
Plant Ink is the business that runs plantink.shop. Our details are:
Plant Ink
10835 Flying Nell Ct
Las Vegas, NV 89141
US
We answer customers by email only, at support@plantink.shop, and reply within 24 hours on business days. We do not run a phone line. The Contact Us page lists what to include so the first reply can be a useful one, and the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy set out the formal side.
Where to go next
- Browse all twenty plates on the shop page.
- Start indoors with Houseplant Tees, or outdoors with Garden Tees.
- Put a name on a plate under Personalized Plates.
- Read the short answers in the FAQs.
- Find the right support page in the Help Center.
- Write to us at support@plantink.shop.