Flowers
Calendula, Resina
Golden petals for salve and salad, blooming from early summer to hard frost.
$3.2550 seeds
Flowers
Hopi Black Dye Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Towering stalks, gold petals, and seeds so dark they were used as dye.
$3.7530 seeds
Quantity
Eight-foot stalks carrying broad golden blooms above deep purple-black seeds, traditionally used by Hopi weavers as a dye for basketry and textiles. Birds will find the heads the moment they ripen, so cut and hang them to dry indoors if you want the seed. Plant along a north edge where the height will not shade the rest of the garden, and stake in windy sites.
Where it comes from. Grown by the Hopi people as a dye plant; please grow it with that history in mind.
Growing details
- Seeds per packet
- 30 seeds
- Days to maturity
- 90-110 days
- Sun
- Full sun
- Spacing
- 18-24 in.
- Planting depth
- 1 in.
- Mature size
- 6-8 ft.
- Botanical name
- Helianthus annuus