Berkeley Arts Magnet School 

Natural Dye Plants:

Cool blue tones plant dyes:

 Centaurea cyanus ‘Blue Diadem’, Bachelor Buttons—3-4” (flowers)

Yellow and orange plant dyes:

 Achillea millefolium ‘Sonoma Coast’—CA Native Yarrow—2-4” (leaves and stems)

 Calendula officinalis ‘Bon Bon Mix’—Calendula—1-jumbo pack of 6 plants (flowers)

 Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunfire’—3-4” (flowers, whole plant)

Pink and red plant dyes:

 Alcea rosea—Hollyhock—2-4”—(flower, rose)

 Alcea rosea ‘Halo Cerise’—2-4”—(flower, deep rose)

 Phytolacca icosaedro—Button Pokeberry—2-4”—(berries, magenta)

Green plant dyes:

 Delphinium elatum ‘Purple Passion’—1-4” (flowers, also used in flower printing techniques)

 Delphinium elatum ‘Colbalt Dreams’—1-4” (flowers, also used in flower printing techniques)

 Juncus effusus, soft rush—CA Native—2-4” (stalks)

Purple plant dyes:

 Sambucus nigra, Elderberry, CA Native, 1-1Gal (berries)

White plant dyes:

 Salvia apiana, White Sage, CA Native, 2-1Gal (flowers, leaves used for traditional Native American ceremonies)

Sensory Plants:

 Aloysia triphylla, Lemon Verbena, 1-4” (sharp smell of lemon, great for making tea)

 Anthem graveolens, Dill—Herb, 1-4” (tactile, feathery, airy leaves, scent of dill)

 Centaurea cineraria, Dusty Miller—1-4” (tactile, soft grey, finely dissected leaves)

 Rosmarinus officinalis, Rosemary—1-4” (sweet smell of rosemary)

 Verbascomb bombyciferum ‘Arctic Summer’—1-4” (tactile, soft grey large leaves, huge yellow blooming flower spike in summer)

Pollinator Plants:

 Salvia x jamensis ‘Nachtvlinder’—1-4”

 Salvia ‘Mysty’—1-4”

 —many of those listed above are pollinator plants for butterflies, hummers, bees, birds