Earthed Up! - Madder
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In 2 litre pot
Rubia tinctorum
Madder is a perennial plant, the roots of which are used as a natural dye. giving a red pigment. It dies back in the winter and shoots re-emerge in early Spring. The plant grows a stronger root system each year; it will typically take at least 2 further years before being able to take a crop of roots, leaving longer will give a better crop.
The plants grow long root systems and new plants may emerge some 3 foot away from the original plant - these plants can be weeded out or can be divided to create new plants. A relation to cleavers, the top growth is scrambly (around 3 foot) and a little sticky, it will attach to neighbouring plants; providing small support systems (stick wig-wams?) will improve its attractiveness in the garden. It may flower in summer with clouds of tiny yellow flowers.
Earthed Up! is a workers co-operative based in Belper. We grow all our own plants, peat free, without harmful chemicals. We also deliver peat free composts and are starting to offer courses this year. www.earthedup.com
Image: Sailesh Patnaik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rubia tinctorum
Madder is a perennial plant, the roots of which are used as a natural dye. giving a red pigment. It dies back in the winter and shoots re-emerge in early Spring. The plant grows a stronger root system each year; it will typically take at least 2 further years before being able to take a crop of roots, leaving longer will give a better crop.
The plants grow long root systems and new plants may emerge some 3 foot away from the original plant - these plants can be weeded out or can be divided to create new plants. A relation to cleavers, the top growth is scrambly (around 3 foot) and a little sticky, it will attach to neighbouring plants; providing small support systems (stick wig-wams?) will improve its attractiveness in the garden. It may flower in summer with clouds of tiny yellow flowers.
Earthed Up! is a workers co-operative based in Belper. We grow all our own plants, peat free, without harmful chemicals. We also deliver peat free composts and are starting to offer courses this year. www.earthedup.com
Image: Sailesh Patnaik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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