Badger Crafts
Dye Plants and Seeds
Plants are available in Spring and Summer, please contact us to discuss placing an order. All plants are £5 for a 9cm pot, £8 for a 13cm pot.
Unfortunately we do not have any plants available in 2026. Some species may be available from our friends at Wyse Worts or Pigment Organic Dyes
Dyer’s Chamomile plants
Cota tinctoria syn. Anthemis tinctoria
Bushy, short-lived evergreen perennial. Divide or mound-layer every 2 years to keep it going strong.
9cm pot £5
13cm pot £8
Dyer’s Greenweed plants
Genista tinctoria
Vigorous evergreen shrubs which respond well to being cut back. In the pea family, so boost soil fertility by fixing nitrogen.
9cm pot, 10-20cm tall £5
11cm pot, 25-50cm tall £8
Hedge Bedstraw plants
Galium album syn. Galium mollugo
Sprawling perennials make great groundcover, or grow through pea sticks or other plants for a more upright form.
9cm pot £5
13cm pot £8
Lady’s Bedstraw plants
Galium vernum
Sprawling, low perennials make great groundcover. Spreads slowly via rhizomes, but not nearly as invasive as madder.
9cm pot £5
13cm pot £8
Madder plants
Rubia tinctorum
Scrambling, semi-evergreen perennial climbers to 2m. Grow as groundcover, or through pea sticks for a more upright form. Spreads strongly through vigorous rhizomes, so plant in a large container or a separate bed.
9cm pot £5
13cm pot £8
Tansy plants
Tanacetum vulgare
Tall herbaceous perennials with herb-scented leaves. Can spread in rich, moist soil, but usually easily contained.
9cm pot £5
13cm pot £8
Dye Plant Seeds
- Common Madder Rubia tinctorum
- Dyer’s Chamomile Cota tinctoria syn. Anthemis tinctoria
- Dyer’s Coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria
- Dyer’s Cosmos Cosmos sulphureus
- Dyer’s Greenweed Genista tinctoria
- Dyer’s Woodruff Asperula tinctoria
- Hedge Bedstraw Galium album syn. Galium mollugo
- Japanese Indigo Persicaria tinctoria
- Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum
- Weld Reseda luteola
- Woad Isatis tinctoria
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