Thursday, August 29, 2013

Sticky Lavender Geranium a fine plant for natural prints

As I get further into this adventure of searching out plants that will make a lovely natural dye or print, I find that sometimes the best and most interesting are just under my feet.  I have had this plant in my garden for many years, enjoying it sometimes and, at times, disparing of it's rather messy look after blooming. I am looking now for my nature print project for interesting leaves, and after a search on the internet and in a wildflower book, I found the identity of the mystery plant, commonly called Sticky Lavender Geranium. This self-sowing geranium has large palmate leaves, very different from other geraniums.  I was so surprised and pleased from my first prints, which are on cotton tee shirts...big, bold leafy prints. I have some bundled on a silk chiffon scarf.  I will post the results when it has cured for a bit.

Geranium viscosissimum




Onto cotton tee shirts with Cotinus, Eucalyptus, and Cochineal