Indigo Plant

Image by vermontalm Many of us have picked up one of those packages of dye in the supermarket. Whether you want to perk up an old pair of jeans or produce a new color on neutral fabric, dyes are easy and…

Image by Muséum de Toulouse Growing indigo isn’t difficult as long as you can provide ample sunlight and warmth. However, pruning true indigo regularly keeps the plant healthy and attractive. Indigo is…

Image by yogesh_more Indigo has long been highly regarded for its use as a natural dye plant, with its use dating back over 4,000 years. Though the process of extracting and preparing indigo dye is very…

Image by yogesh_more The popular color “indigo” is named after several plants in the genus Indigofera. These varieties of indigo are famous for the natural blue colors obtained from the plant leaves used to…

Image by Forest and Kim Starr Indigo (Indigofera spp.) is one of the all-time favorite plants for dye making. It has been cultivated worldwide for centuries for the blue colored dyes and inks that can be made…

Image by Leonora (Ellie) Enking Indigo is one of the oldest cultivated plants, used for centuries and longer to make a beautiful blue dye. Whether you are growing indigo in your garden to make the dye or just…

Image by ben-bryant There are many reasons to grow indigo (Indigofera tinctoria). If you use the leaves for a dye, you may regularly be in need of more plants. Whether you use them as a source of indigo dye,…

Image by undefined undefined Indigofera tinctoria, often called true indigo or simply just indigo, is probably the most famous and widespread dye plant in the world. In cultivation for millennia, it has…

Image by Kamila Kozioł Many of us are familiar with the beautiful, faded-blue hue made famous by the indigo plant. For years, cultivators used an indigo plant harvest to make a dye used extensively around the…

Image by joey333 The blue jeans you are wearing today are likely colored using a synthetic dye, but that wasn’t always the case. Unlike other colors that could easily be obtained using bark, berries and the…