{"title":"Dye Plant Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrown your own natural dye garden with seeds grown here in my natural dye gardens!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dyers-coreopsis-coreopsis-tinctoria-natural-dye-garden-flower-seed-plant","title":"Dyer's Coreopsis, 'Coreopsis Tinctoria' Natural Dye Garden Flower Seed Plant","description":"50+ seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This is Dyer's Coreopsis, 'Coreopsis Tinctoria', Plains Coreopsis seed.  This Dyer's Coreopsis has wider petals than the other Dyer's Coreopsis I sell.  I planted the two kinds close to each other and I think I kept the seeds separate enough that I didn't pick the wrong heads when I went to save the seed!  If there is any mixture, they are both Dyer's Coreopsis, so they will give the same color!   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Coreopsis Tinctoria is a sun-loving annual flower, growing about 18\" tall.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e To dye the yarn pictured, I used yarn pre-mordanted with alum, and about 2 handfuls of flowers.  You can see that the flowers gave quite a bit of color!    You can pick the flowers and freeze them until you have enough to dye with, or some people dry them as well.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The seeds are very light and very small.  These are grown here in my gardens.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62937085837452,"sku":"4661037882","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.4721344252_96as.jpg?v=1792098198"},{"product_id":"100-woad-isatis-tinctoria-seed-dyers-woad-glastum-seeds-natural-dye-dyeing-plant","title":"100 Woad Isatis Tinctoria Seed Dyers Woad Glastum seeds natural dye dyeing plant","description":"100 seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I cannot ship Woad seed to these states because they are listed as an invasive\/noxious weed:  Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming \u003cbr\u003e Woad seems to prefer arid places and seems to spread more rapidly in these states. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Isatis Tinctoria is known commonly as dyer's woad and has been used for millennia as a source of blue dye (indigotin).  It has even been said to be used medicinally, and still is.  A simple way to dye fiber with woad, is to gather the leaves and with some salt....knead the fabric or yarn together with the salt and fresh leaves.  You soon will see the blue-ish green color come out of the leaves and turn more blue as it is in the air.  You can also extract the color by following the instructions on how to do a woad dye vat. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Isatis Tinctoria is a Biennial and can be a perennial.  In the first year it grows a rosette of leaves on the ground, and the leaves contain the most indigotin the first year of growth.  In the 2nd year, the rosette will end up flower stalks 3-4' high which will flower abundant yellow flowers that smell like honey.  Pollinating insects love them!  Then slowly the flowers give way to hanging green seed pods along the stem, and as the seeds mature, they turn black.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Isatis Tinctoria is hardy to zone 7 and can withstand frost.  Insects do like to nibble at the young woad leaves, but the damage has not been so much that it sets the plant back much or kills it.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I do have some of the plants that flower in the 2nd year, send up more leaves and form another rosette, and continue to grow, while others died out after they went to seed and the seed ripened.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These seeds are grown in my gardens and collected.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I will include an informational sheet on woad with your purchase. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The yarn in the pictures that is white, with just a little bit of blue, was an experiment with 1 leaf of European woad, Isatis Tinctoria, versus 1 leaf of Chinese woad.  You can see how much color one single leaf of each left on the yarn.   I hope to have Chinese woad seed this year, but we'll see what the plants do!  Sometimes it flowers in the same year it is planted.  Chinese woad is said to contain a little more blue in it than European woad, despite being a smaller plant.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The picture showing 2 full skeins of yarn side by side, shows European woad on the skein on the left and Chinese woad was used with salt and fresh leaves to dye the skein on the right.  So, you can see a little difference between the two, using the same amount of leaves.  The skeins are still wet in the pictures, and once washed and dried, the difference between the two was negligible. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Seeds cannot be shipped outside of the US.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62937264619660,"sku":"4660303815","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.2542242311_n6fl.jpg?v=1792098277"},{"product_id":"100-chinese-woad-isatis-indigotica-seed-dyers-woad-glastum-seeds-natural-dye-dyeing-plant","title":"100 Chinese Woad Isatis Indigotica Seed Dyers Woad Glastum seeds natural dye dyeing plant","description":"100 seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e I cannot ship Woad seed to these states because they are listed as an invasive\/noxious weed:  Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming \u003cbr\u003e Woad seems to prefer arid places and seems to spread more rapidly in these states. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chinese Woad is Isatis Indigotica........while European Woad is Isatis Tinctoria.  Chinese Woad is said to contain more indigotin than European Woad, and while a small experiment seemed to verify that.....I felt that the final differences may be negligible.  I have read that you should not transplant Chinese woad because it will make it flower in the first year, but I transplanted seedlings and none had the slightest desire to go to seed.    The reason to sew these seeds straight in the ground, is that the plant is a heavy feeder with a long tap root that need well-watered and wouldn't like to be moved if the plant is very old.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Chinese Woad rosettes are a bit slighter than European woad, but again, they are supposed to contain more indigotin.  I found that my Chinese woad plants bloomed earlier than the European Woad.....so early that I really worried about the hard frosts killing the flower stalks, but no worries!......they weren't bothered!   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  A simple way to dye fiber with woad, is to gather the leaves and with some salt....knead the fabric or yarn together with the salt and fresh leaves.  You soon will see the blue-ish green color come out of the leaves and turn more blue as it is in the air.  You can also extract the color by following the instructions on how to do a woad dye vat.  In the pictures, you will see yarn that has been dyed, just by crushing fresh leaves with salt and wool yarn. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Isatis Indigotica is a Biennial and can be a perennial.  In the first year it grows a rosette of leaves on the ground, and the leaves contain the most indigotin the first year of growth.  In the 2nd year, the rosette will end up flower stalks 3-4' high which will flower abundant yellow flowers that smell like honey.  Pollinating insects love them!  Then slowly the flowers give way to hanging green seed pods along the stem, and as the seeds mature, they turn black.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Isatis Indigotica is hardy to zone 6-7 and can withstand frost and the freezing tempeartures of Zone 6 and 7.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e These seeds are grown in my gardens and collected.    \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e I will include an informational sheet on woad with your purchase. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The yarn in the pictures that is white, with just a little bit of blue, was an experiment with 1 leaf of European woad, Isatis Tinctoria, versus 1 leaf of Chinese woad.  You can see how much color one single leaf of each left on the yarn.   Chinese woad is said to contain a little more blue in it than European woad, despite being a smaller plant.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The picture showing 2 full skeins of yarn side by side, shows European woad on the skein on the left and Chinese woad was used with salt and fresh leaves to dye the skein on the right.  So, you can see a little difference between the two, using the same amount of leaves.  The skeins are still wet in the pictures, and once washed and dried, the difference between the two was negligible. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Seeds cannot be shipped outside of the US.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62937632440460,"sku":"7606942032","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.5511599828_8kca.jpg?v=1792098434"},{"product_id":"murasaki-seed-lithospermum-erythrorizon-25-seeds-natural-dye-plant-purple-red-gromwell-zi-cao","title":"Murasaki Seed, Lithospermum erythrorizon, 25 seeds natural dye plant, purple red gromwell zi cao","description":"25 seeds per packet. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Murasaki is also known as purple or red gromwell or red root lithospermum or zicao in Chinese, jichi in Korean or murasaki in Japanese.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The dye compound in the roots is shikonin which is somewhat similar to the more widely used dye compound alkannin from dyer's alkanet. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Seeds take a while to germinate, and the soil should be kept moist during and after germination.  Plant outdoors after danger of frost, or start in a flat.  These are a perennial and have been very hardy where I live in zone 6b in south-central PA.   Plant in nice loose soil, because you want the roots to be able to grow well, since that is what you want to harvest for the dye. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I will include an information sheet when you order. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The roots are what you use, either dried or fresh to derive the dye from.  Second or 3rd year roots are best, since they've had some time to grow and get thicker.  You massage the roots in water for a half hour or more, to derive the lavender dye.  Now, I used a small amount of second year roots, because I didn't want to dig up my whole murasaki patch.  I rinsed the roots and massaged them a while in the water and then added my alum-mordanted superwash wool yarn.    \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I was getting a light lavender on my yarn, but then I thought, well, let's try adding some alcohol to the water, thinking that that may help and speed things up.  Well, I don't think that was a good idea, because it seemed to turn the color of the water more orange brick color and the yarn then became tan.  When I was just massaging the roots themselves in water, the water was a brick red color, and was imparting a faint lavender onto the wool.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I only had wanted to harvest that much of my murasaki patch, so that was the end of my experiment and I was kicking myself for adding the alcohol, but now I know not to do that again!   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The dried roots are also used as a Chinese herbal medicine.  There is little information that I was able to find on dyeing with Murasaki, and I will continue to experiment with it in coming years. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The dye made from murasaki roots was put under sumptuary laws during the Heian period and restricted murasaki dyed clothing to the Empress and her ladies in waiting.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62937632800908,"sku":"8509033102","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.3532526531_ttta.jpg?v=1792098456"},{"product_id":"ladybird-dwarf-cosmos-cosmos-sulphureus-sulphur-natural-dye-flower-seed","title":"Ladybird Dwarf Cosmos 'Cosmos Sulphureus' Sulphur Natural Dye Flower Seed","description":"50+ seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This is Ladybird Dwarf Cosmos seed, 'Cosmos Sulphureus'.  These dwarf Cosmos are plenty tall at 2-3' tall, and grew with a more mounded, cohesive look than the taller Tango Cosmos that are so tall that they appear more leggy.  I think these cosmos are as tall as I need in my garden, and the blooms had a little more red striping on the petals that was very attractive.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Cosmos like to grow in sun, and picking the flowers just encourages more to bloom.  You can seed these in the ground directly, as long as you keep the soil moist continuously until they germinate.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e To dye the wool yarn pictured, I used yarn pre-mordanted with alum, and the both the Tango and dwarf cosmos flowers in the pot shown in the picture.  You can see that the flowers gave the really vibrant orange, and then I added a bit of soda ash to the dye bath to make it more alkaline and dipped just half the skein of yarn in it, to dye half the skein the really intense, deep reddish orange you see in the picture.  So, you can very easily get a bright juicy orange color, or make the dye bath a little more alkaline and get an almost red-orange color.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e You can pick the flowers and freeze them until you have enough to dye with, or some people dry them as well.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e These seeds are grown here in my gardens.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62937762922636,"sku":"2527835559","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.5511582254_710w.jpg?v=1792098495"},{"product_id":"japanese-indigo-seeds-persicaria-tinctoria-seed-polygonum-tinctorium-seeds-dyers-knotweed-blue-natural-dye-garden-plant","title":"Japanese Indigo Seeds - Persicaria Tinctoria Seed Polygonum tinctorium Seeds Dyers Knotweed Blue natural dye garden plant","description":"100+ seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Japanese Indigo seeds grown and harvested here in my gardens.  Persicaria tinctoria and Polygonum tinctorium are both Japanese Indigo.  Japanese Indigo is also called Dyer's Knotweed.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Japanese Indigo produces a blue dye. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Japanese Indigo is a very easy to grow plant, so it is often grown in cooler climates where true indigo, (Indigofera Tinctoria) cannot be grown because it needs a very warm, long season.  It is a smart weed, as it grows and roots readily  from nodes on the stem.  As you see in the pictures, you can harvest the stems before they bloom and strip off the leaves to dye with them, and then sit the stems in water and they will quickly root and can be planted again and will flower to produce seeds.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Japanese indigo will self-seed readily if you leave the area undisturbed.  This is a round leaf Japanese Indigo which has been found to be hardier to heat than the longer, narrow leaved Japanese Indigo.  It grow much more quickly and flowers more quickly than the narrow, long leafed Japanese Indigo variety, which can take so long to flower and produce seeds if it is harvested, that in cooler climates, it may not flower and produce seeds until close to the first frost.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You can dye yarn with Japanese Indigo simply by squushing the leaves with salt and adding yarn.   It really is that easy!  You can see the yarn that I dyed that way in the pictures, and how blue my hands are!  The one picture shows how quickly and well, the cut stems that are stripped of leaves will root.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Sow and cover lightly or just press into the soil.  Germination is 10-21 days.  Plant in full sun. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Seeds cannot be shipped outside of the US.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62938290487436,"sku":"4418007400","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.5559715173_pohc.jpg?v=1792098591"},{"product_id":"indigofera-suffruticosa-seed-blue-guatamalan-indigo-anil-natural-dye-garden-plant","title":"Indigofera Suffruticosa Seed Blue - Guatamalan indigo, anil natural dye garden plant","description":"30 seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Indigofera Suffruticosa seed is commonly known as Guatamalan indigo, anil or small leaved indigo.  It is a flowering plant in the pea family.  It is native to the subtropical and tropical Americas.  It is commonly used as a source for indigo dye.  It was used to produce Maya blue, which was a pigment used by Mesoamerican civilization.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Indigofera Suffruticosa grows slowly unless it is in 80+ degree weather.   It is not hardy to freezing weather outside, though it does make it through some cold weather in the southern U.S., but it won't live if planted in ground that freezes.  I live in zone 6b in Pennsylvania, but I have a heated greenhouse to over-winter it in large pots.  It has grown tall and lush over 2 seasons in large pots.   It can grow up to 7' tall if it likes where it is planted.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  In my greenhouse environment where I over-winter it, it is very prone to a black aphid, so I need to spray it with a spray bottle with a little liquid dish detergent to kill them.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Seeds cannot be shipped outside of the US.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62938352681100,"sku":"1771534710","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.4332829902_tlhz.jpg?v=1792098607"},{"product_id":"elecampagne-seed-natural-dye-plant-elecampane-inula-helenium","title":"Elecampagne seed natural dye plant, Elecampane, Inula helenium","description":"30 seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Elecampagne, Inula helenium, seeds grown and harvested here in my gardens.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Elecampagne is a very hardy perennial plant.  Its roots are used as an herb and as a dye.  I found that the roots are quite aromatic!  They smelled like they should be a base of a men's cologne and were still fragrant after boiling!  You can see the rich gray color I got from boiling the roots with superwash Merino wool yarn. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The leaves of Elecampagne get quite large and it is a showy plant in the garden, because of its large green showy leaves.  For a few years I had this planted in an area that was quite dry and partly shaded with poor soil.  Planted in a poor area, the plant stayed alive and multiplied a bit, but did not get as large and luxurious leaves and send up flower stalks.  When moved to more sun and better soil, the plants really grew large and luxurious and sent up tall flower stalks.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Plant the seeds after danger of frost, or plant in a flat and then transplant.  I find I have better luck with germination when I plant in potting soil where I can easily maintain warmth and moisture.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e To use the roots as a dye, just pound the roots open with a hammer, and put in water and simmer.  Old Scottish texts said that a blue dye could be obtained from elecampagne, but they may have been calling the gray color, blue.....because there is  no way to get an actually blue dye from elecampagne roots.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62939070300300,"sku":"8509247552","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.3532627277_55ce.jpg?v=1792098945"},{"product_id":"black-hollyhock-seed-seeds-natural-dye-plant","title":"Black Hollyhock Seed seeds natural dye plant","description":"25 seeds per packet.  Grown and collected from my gardens in 2020.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hollyhock flowers are a fugitive natural dye, but I am offering it in case someone would like to grow it for themselves, and there are other uses for natural dyes in which someone may not be so concerned with it being very lightfast.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Ever since a gardening friend of mine gave me a couple plants last year, I am captivated with hollyhocks!  They are so tall and showy, and add such charm and color to the garden.  I had fun saving and drying the dropped petals.  They do give a lot of blue\/purple\/gray color, and now I'm growing all the hollyhock colors!   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hollyhocks are a biennial flower, so they bloom the 2nd year.  Once you have them going, they may well re-seed themselves, as the ripened seeds can fall and immediately begin growing, to ensure that they bloom again the following year!  These can grow 5-6' tall the 2nd year when they bloom!   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e I dyed the yarns pictured with dried black hollyhock petals that I saved when they dropped to the ground.  I didn't have a large quantity of petals, but they give a lot of color.  I could have gotten purples if I had taken the yarn out of the dye bath right away, but I left the yarn in to simmer and cool overnight.  The darker yarn has a greenish cast to the deep gray color, and the lighter yarn is a blue-ish gray from the exhaust bath.  I really like the colors they came out as.  The yarns were pre-mordanted with alum. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hollyhock blooms are not going to be extremely lightfast, as natural dyes go when exposed to sunlight, but they are beautiful to grow and really fun to play around with.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62940486631564,"sku":"4895446494","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.2494557114_lhe7.jpg?v=1792099172"},{"product_id":"weld-reseda-luteola-100-seeds-natural-dye-plant","title":"Weld - Reseda Luteola 100+ Seeds natural dye plant","description":"100+ seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Weld, Reseda Luteola, seeds grown and harvested here in my gardens.  Reseda Luteola is also known as Dyer's Weld, Dyers Rocket and Mignonette. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Weld is a natural dye plant that has been used for a very lightfast yellow since antiquity.  The luteolin it contains is very lightfast, and is responsible for many, still bright and colorful textiles on display in museums.  All parts of the plant, other than the roots contain luteolin.  Weld has also been used as a very lightfast pigment and paint since antiquity and is responsible for many of the wonderful yellows in old paintings. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The seeds need to be kept consistently moist while germinating and I think I may have read that they even like a bit of light to help with germination.  So, do not cover heavily with soil, and make sure to keep moist.  I had some difficulty getting Weld seeds to germinate that I purchased from various sources, and had to try a few times to get them going.  I think that sowing them in potting soil, in a container and then transplanting them is working best for me.    I have seeds coming up now in a pot from this year's plants.....that germinated immediately......so, hopefully you will find the same the be true.  Weld has a taproot, so transplant carefully while young and water well, as plants with a single taproot do not transplant happily when they get larger. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Weld is a biennial, which means it grows a rosette of leaves in the first year and flowers and forms seeds in the 2nd year.  So, the first year, it will just be a rosette that grows low to the ground, but the 2nd year, it will get 5+ feet tall. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bees absolutely love the flower stems and will work them for weeks!  You can leave the plant go to seed, and then harvest the whole plant to use fresh as a natural dye.....or dry the whole thing and save it to use dry.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Apparently in some climates this plant can self-seed and cause a lot of volunteer plants, but I don't think that is true in my garden.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e I will send along an information sheet with your seed.  Weld combines beautiful with indigo and woad for very lightfast greens and with Madder to make extremely lightfast orange hues.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62940847472780,"sku":"7607517186","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.3209435320_m5yv.jpg?v=1792099301"},{"product_id":"dyers-chamomile-seed-golden-marguerite-cota-tinctoria-anthemis-tinctoria-perennial-natural-dye-plant-ox-eye-yellow","title":"Dyer's Chamomile Seed, Golden Marguerite, Cota tinctoria, Anthemis tinctoria perennial natural dye plant, ox eye yellow","description":"30 seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Dyer's Chamomile is also known as Golden Marguerite, Cota tinctoria, Anthemis tinctoria.  It is a hardy but weak perennial as it often dies in the late summer of its 2nd year.  It has a sprawling habit and grows about a foot high.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Plant in full sun after danger of frost.  I find that it is often best to seed my seeds in a flat that I can keep moist.  I have a much better germination rate, than when I plant in the ground, because it is easy for the ground to get to dry or hard, or cold during the germination period, and then my seed, money and time were wasted.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The flowers are used to make a very bright, stong, lightfast yellow dye, and you can see the bright sunny yellow yarn that the flowers produced in the listing pictures.    \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The seeds are very light and very small.  These are grown here in my gardens.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62941031923852,"sku":"8509147982","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.3484934460_7if4.jpg?v=1792099375"},{"product_id":"madder-rubia-tinctorium-seed-natural-dye-plant-madder-root","title":"Madder 'Rubia tinctorium' seed natural dye plant Madder root","description":"30 seeds per packet. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Madder, 'Rubia tinctorium', common madder, dyer's madder, rose madder is an enormously important natural dye plant.  It's importance as a dye plant throughout history cannot be over stated. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I had read that madder seeds do not germinate well, but the seeds that I planted germinated excellently!  I have had a madder bed for 3 years and you can see in the listing pictures, the amount of root that I harvested this spring.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Madder is in the family of the weedy, sticky willy plants, and you will notice that the leaves and stems have sort of a velcro tendency when you brush over them.  They also can be invasive, as they have very strong growing roots that want to go places in the ground!  The tops of the plants as well can want to be a bit trailing.  I have it planted in a bed about 3' x 5' slightly raised bed with a mulched garden walkway on one side and grass lawn on the other.  For 3 years, it has kept well within those borders.  When I harvested, I did noticed that some roots were going under and into the mulch walkway area.  I haven't found it to be a problem spreading and coming up other places so far.  Some people grow it in pots so that it is well contained.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The roots are best used as a dye, if dried first, which is handy!  Then, to use as a dye, crush or break them up as much as possible and soak in water and heat, to make a dye bath.  Madder can actually be used as a lightfast dye without the need for an aluminum mordant.  You can use a tannin with your madder root instead.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I will include an information sheet on how to dye with madder root, when you order. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These seeds have been grown and harvested here in my gardens.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62941037723788,"sku":"8509346336","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.3532702931_ehqg.jpg?v=1792099447"},{"product_id":"hopi-red-dye-amaranth-seed-amaranthus-cruentus-seeds-natural-dye-plant","title":"Hopi Red Dye Amaranth Seed Amaranthus cruentus seeds natural dye plant","description":"100 seeds per packet.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hopi Red Dye Amaranth seeds grown and harvested here in my gardens.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This is an edible plant, as well as a dye plant.  The leaves and seeds are edible.  However the seeds, while plentiful, are very tiny, so other types of amaranth that have larger seeds, are preferable for eating. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The deep red flowers, stems and dark foliage are beautiful in arrangements or ornamental in the garden.  The plants grow to 4' tall.   \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Sow 1\/4\" deep.  Germination is in 4-14 days.  Plant in full sun. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Use flowers and stems for dyeing.  Low heat solar dyeing should result in pink dye, while higher heat will result in orange colors, as shown in the listing pictures.","brand":"Walnut Farm Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62941301637260,"sku":"4415539594","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1050\/2540\/files\/il_fullxfull.2299757209_5mea.jpg?v=1792099518"}],"url":"https:\/\/walnutfarmdesigns.com\/collections\/dye-plant-seeds.oembed","provider":"Walnut Farm Designs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}