Plant dyes, used since ancient times, offer a rich palette of colors ranging from bright yellow to deep blue, through intense red, soft green, warm brown and even subtle black. From the famous wild madder, known for its unique red, to onion peelings, easily found in the kitchen, each shade finds its origin in a specific plant. An ancestral knowledge to cultivate in your garden!
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Dyers' Chamomile (Cota tinctoria)
2093489 RM
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), Northern Vosges Regional Nature [...]
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) spice powder and rhizome in a wooden bowl, Azalea flower as decoration
2430962 RM
Woman picking nuts in autumn.
2497541 RM
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) fruits, Lorraine, France
589849 RM
Curcuma plant in bloom
2431307 RM
Harvest of Woodruff (Galium odoratum). Its coumarin content perfumes many dishes, once dried.
30023 RM
Panier de fleurs et champ de Safran d'automne cultivé ; au Barroux Provence
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Woad (Isatis tinctoria) in the vineyard at Kaysersberg, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
2143171 RM
Sulphur cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) flowers
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Buckthorn fruits Provence France
2068455 RM
Blooming dyer's alkanet (Alkanna tinctoria Tausch). Its red roots used to be a dyer. Balaguer. [...]
2543217 RM
Saffron (Crocus sativus), flowers and stigmas, spice
1293485 RM
Dyer's woad in bloom in spring
2032303 RM
Garance on white background
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Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) sloes in autumn, Herault, France
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Harvesting saffron flowers (Crocus sativus) to harvest saffron in autumn, Pas-de-Calais, France
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Roccella tinctoria on granite at Roccapina (South Corsica). A thermophilic saxicolous fruticose [...]
2122269 RM
Yellow camomile in bloom in a garden
2564700 RM
Wild Basil (Clinopodium Vulgare), Savoie, France
2559882 RM
Woodruff (Galium odoratum) flowers, Lorraine, France
2274712 RM
Turmeric (Curcuma longa), Guadeloupe
2557494 RM
Mediterranean buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus) flowering, Gard, France
2551149 RM
Tanner's sumach (Rhus coriaria), fruits
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Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), flower
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Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) flowers in hands, to be dried and used in herbal teas, Jura, France.
2065338 RM
Dry plant (Calluna vulgaris) for infusion with its name in a basket
2469494 RM
Stinking tutsan (Hypericum hircinum), Flower, France
2138472 RM
Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) 'Cosmic Orange' in summer, Moselle, France
2461412 RM
Walnut fruit of the Common Walnut (Juglans regia) hatching in autumn after its shell has burst, [...]
2076308 RM
Wild basil (Clinopodium vulgare) flowers
2076519 RM
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) flowers
988484 RM
Harvest of walnuts in a garden
1601654 RM
Blossom of St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)
2419744 RM
Picking Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
2401839 RM
Slate, Dyers Pastel (Isatis tinctoria), flowers, Quote of an English proverb on a slate, the [...]
2138281 RM
wild madder (Rubia peregrina)
2076175 RM
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) in a flowered meadow
555964 RM
Hank of Sheep wool dyed craftsmen and Reseda
2065423 RM
Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare). Allindelille Fredskov, Denmark in August
2007818 RM
Havest of woodruff flowers for making of May wine
1998881 RM
Harvest of common st. johnswort in a garden ; To keep the active ingredients, the plants should be [...]
697315 RM
Plantation of dyer's woad in a garden
924661 RM
Bay of Common snowberry in summerFrance
1715425 RM
Elm hives Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón NP Spain
1363287 RM
Dyer's Broom and Aphyllanthes in bloom Provence France
445154 RM
GALIUM ODORATUM
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Indigo in bloom in a garden
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Walnut 'La Franquette' on walnut tree in a garden ; Walnut of Grenoble
1184599 RM
Dryer's woad in bloom in a garden