Vibrant Acres Colour Farm
 
Dyer’s Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) is one of the earliest dye plants to flower on the farm. We sow it in very early spring and it bursts into cheerful yellow and maroon flowers by the beginning of June. Coreopsis produces an abundance of tiny flowers that can be somewhat time consuming to harvest. 
 
We pick them by hand and dry them immediately to preserve the vibrance and colour. Coreopsis dyes a beautiful strong warm orange colour and can easily be modified with iron or PH to achieve yellows, pale pinks, corals, and deep rust colours.