Articles related to "Tinctoria"

Coreopsis brings a sunny disposition to any summer garden. Delicate bright golden yellow flowers with maroon centers on thin stems appear to be floating in air.

Wild Indigos are good meadow plants but also look attractive and are well-behaved in a perennial border, not crowding out their neighbors.

Woad has captured popular imagination as producing the blue dye for body paint used by the Celts. Learn the history and modern uses of this yellow-flowered garden beauty.

Eravikulam National Park in the state of Kerala, India is one of the best-managed parks in India, and is the abode of highly endangered Nilgiri tahr

Indigo dye in crystallized form is a safer, neater alternative to woad for recreating the body designs said to be worn by the ancient Celts.

Rediscover the plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by trailblazing a historical expedition garden at home.

Safflower Oil from the seeds of "Carthamus tinctoria" is rich in linoleic acid - a polyunsaturated fat. It's a promising new tool against obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Sowing seeds in fall is a good way to extend the growing season and begin next year's garden.