I’m planning a dye garden this year. The seeds are from Grand Prismatic Seed in Utah, except for the garland serrated chrysanthemum which are from Fedco.
These were planted in soil blocks in May 31. None of the Navajo Tea have sprouted yet. Only one cosmos, and only two hollyhocks.
I’m going to plant the marigolds in the main garden, and maybe the cosmos, for their gladdening effect (and pest deterrence). I wish I could get more marigolds and cosmos, maybe I will direct seed them in the herb garden. The four Hopi Black Dye sunflowers are going along the north border. The others are going into two rehabilitated raised beds that I dug free of quack grass and amended with leaf mulch.
For future reference, here’s a blog post from Grand Prismatic about dyeing with some of these plants: https://www.grandprismaticseed.com/blog/2019/5/1/shirt-of-many-colors.