Saturday 27 September 2008

All the Coreopsis in the garden!

Posted by Helen
Merino tops dyed in Coreopsis tinctoria after the Teeswater Curls in the previous post. Glug of ammonia added to bath.

Perennial Coreopsis




Tiger's eye Coreopsis Tinctoria
Coreopsis Tinctoria in an open sunny bed which is where it does best
Close up!




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  1. Dorothy28 September 2008 at 22:21

    Helen, how beautiful! Both the flowers and the dyed wool. When I first opened up your blog page I thought I was looking at a photo of a rose, I blinked and saw it was richly coloured wool. (Maybe I'm a bit tired this evening, we worked flat out in the garden today before the weather changes.)

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  2. Helen28 September 2008 at 23:04

    Dorothy what a lovely image. I'm so glad it gave you pleasure.

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  3. Leigh29 September 2008 at 13:43

    True confession. I really don't care much for orange, but that is absolutely mouth watering!

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  4. Helen29 September 2008 at 16:24

    If we are honest Leigh nor do I very much but I do like the coreopsis orange!

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  5. Nina29 September 2008 at 21:26

    Next garden will have coreopsis! I've been trying here for 2 years and either someone mows it down or something eats it. That orange is spectacular - and I'm not an orange fan either, but it certainly is appealing.

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  6. Helen29 September 2008 at 22:43

    It seems to like sun and a quite dry soil Enys says although given our summer of steady rain that seems a bit odd. One of the really nice things about coreposis is that it dries really well.

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  7. Jeanne13 April 2009 at 12:44

    As I sat down this morning to write my own gardening blog (Seven Oaks), I did some research and came across your post on coreopsis. I spent several hours yesterday moving these tough little seedlings - all self sown in the worst possible gardening conditions! - into other flower beds. I was all set to complain, then I saw the beautiful dyes you made from them. Thank you for giving me new insight into coreopsis!

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  8. Bjo Trimble17 February 2011 at 16:54

    I'm working hard to convince my family that we need to take up the entirely useless tiny front lawn and make a lovely (dye) flower garden out of it. The stunning coreopsis color just convinced my husband! There is still time to get to work on that lawn! Thank you! -- Bjo

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