A simple story: dyers’ pastel
Widely cultivated in the Middle Ages for the blue dye obtained from its leaves, this plant is also distinguished by its medicinal and nectar-producing properties.
Dyers’ pastel – Organic
4.49$
Widely cultivated in the Middle Ages for the blue dye obtained from its leaves, this hardy biennial plant in zone 4 is also distinguished by its medicinal and nectar-producing properties.
Culture
Firstre year, it produces a rosette of low leaves from which rise yellow flower stalks 1,2 m high the following year. The small flowers that quiver in the slightest wind are very popular with bees and other pollinating insects. Even after flowering in early summer, the plant remains attractive. The seeds that fall to the ground ensure new production from year to year. It is grown in full sun, in well-drained soil which can be rich or poor.
Medicinal properties
The medicinal benefits of dyer's woad range from treating edema, tumors and wounds to scurvy and spleen diseases. In traditional Chinese medicine, its root is used to evacuate toxins from the blood, and to treat, among other things, cases of fever, flu, meningitis, abscesses and skin infections. Its leaf is indicated for delirium, loss of consciousness, and dry and irritated throat.
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Widely cultivated in the Middle Ages for the blue dye obtained from its leaves, this hardy biennial plant in zone 4 is also distinguished by its medicinal and nectar-producing properties.
Culture
Firstre year, it produces a rosette of low leaves from which rise yellow flower stalks 1,2 m high the following year. The small flowers that quiver in the slightest wind are very popular with bees and other pollinating insects. Even after flowering in early summer, the plant remains attractive. The seeds that fall to the ground ensure new production from year to year. It is grown in full sun, in well-drained soil which can be rich or poor.
Medicinal properties
The medicinal benefits of dyer's woad range from treating edema, tumors and wounds to scurvy and spleen diseases. In traditional Chinese medicine, its root is used to evacuate toxins from the blood, and to treat, among other things, cases of fever, flu, meningitis, abscesses and skin infections. Its leaf is indicated for delirium, loss of consciousness, and dry and irritated throat.
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