GUNTHORPE BED - PLANT LIST
Textiles and Dyeing Plants plants as described by Dr William Turner in A New Herball (3 vols, 1551-1568)
| Name | English name | Colour or use |
|---|---|---|
| Anthemis tinctoria | Yellow chamomile | Yellow or olive dye |
| Hypericum maculatum | Imperforate St John's Wort | Yellow dye |
| Borago officinalis | Borage | Blue or pink dye |
| Isatis tinctoria | Woad | Blue dye |
| Calendula officinalis | Pot marigold | Yellow dye |
| Linum usitatissimum | Flax | Linen fibre |
| Carthamus tinctorius | Safflower | Yellow or tan dye |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple loosestrife | Dye used in tanning |
| Crocus sativus | Saffron crocus | Yellow food dye |
| Rubia tinctorum | Madder | Rich red dye |
| Dipsacus fullonum | Teasel | For finishing cloth |
| Saponaria officinalis | Soapwort | Roots used as soap |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel | Golden dye |
| Agetes patula | French marigold | Grey dye |
| Galium verum | Lady's bedstraw | Red dye |
| Tanacetum vulgare | Tansy | Mustard yellow dye |
Calendula officinalis (Pot marigold)
"Somme use to make theyr here (hair) yelow with the floure of this herbe, not beyng content with the natural colour, which God hath geven them."
Isatis tinctoria (Woad)
"The diers occupy the garden wadde ... in dyeing of wull and clothe."
Turner gives two Latin names for Woad: Isatis and Glastum, and the name of Glastonbury may have evolved from Glastum, meaning 'the place where woad grew'. Some of our woad plants have been kindly supplied by Glastonbury Abbey, and others grown from seed sent by Mme Christine Verhille from near Amiens in France.