The most valuable and reliable (the squirrels and deer don't seem to care for it) plant I have growing in my dye garden is madder. I started five years ago with four, small plants and look how it has spread! The impressive leaves are not the dye material, though. The root is harvested and has a orangish-red color. I cut the root into smaller pieces and let them dry. A handful of dried roots produces this lovely salmon color in the dyebath. Supposedly, each year the roots get darker. I wonder if I'll get a deeper red from this year's harvest...
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