Marigold flowers, leaves and stems grown as companion plants at the Hitotsuya Dye Farm are dried into a natural plant dye that colors cotton and other fibers well.
Dried areca palm seeds are simmered to create a natural plant dye that produces calm reddish ash beige and soft gray shades.
Dried clove flower buds create a fragrant natural plant dye, producing calm yellow-brown shades while filling the workspace with their sweet, deep aroma.
Dried shikon root containing shikonin-related pigments is a natural plant dye that produces reddish-purple and deep purple shades through alcohol extraction.
Tannin-rich Japanese sumac galls used as a natural plant dye. Iron mordanting produces a soft brownish-gray traditional Japanese color.