Cota tinctoria - Dyers' Chamomile - Seeds

Description

• Asteraceae Asterales
• Europe, Asia
• H 0.8m x L0.8m
•  Z6 
• Perennial, short-lived perennial
• Synonyms : Golden Marguerite, Yellow Chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria, Paris Daisy
• 1 packet of 30 seeds

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Details

Cota tinctoria has finely cut, aromatic, glaucous green leaves

It forms more or less dense, tall and spreading tufts, depending on the variety and the conditions of the environment where the plant grows

Its flowers are united in flower heads resembling yellow daisies, carried by a tall stem above the foliage

Flowering occurs in a staggered and uninterrupted manner from spring to the first frosts

Dyer's Chamomile generally thrives in poor, rocky, and abandoned soils - such as scree, old walls, and railroad tracks

In garden soils of average fertility, it will grow very fast and the plant can become large

For the beauty of its bloom, Cota tinctoria is cultivated in gardens as an ornamental plant with strong ground covering and suffocating powers

Perfect to furnish rockeries, create high borders, and manage difficult slopes

It is often grown as a Biennial, since its vigor wears off over time, but it can also be grown as an Annual, since it will bloom in the year of sowing

All parts of the plant have medicinal properties: Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Emetic, and Emmenagogue

Cota tinctoria can also be Irritating and Blistering in some people

Traditionally in the West, Anthemis tinctoria is one of the main sources of Yellow Pigment (primary color with blue and red)

It was also used as a source of Yellow colors in natural textile dyeing, hence its name of Dyer's Chamomile

Today, several horticultural selections exist, but we only offer seeds of the botanical species, to allow you traditional uses

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Cultivation

Sow the seeds of Yellow Chamomile in April, warm, packed on the surface of a moist soil, in godets placed in the sun

Plant the young plants in their final location in May, in a very sunny position

They will start blooming at the end of June

To use the flower heads of Dyer's Chamomile in natural dyeing, harvest them when the first flower crowns bloom in the flower head core

They can be used fresh immediately or dehydrated later

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Use for Dyeing

Learn to Use this Flavonoid Plant with our Courses:

Internship Natural Dye on Wool and Colorimetry

Internship Master Class: Compound Colors and Colorimetry