Comfrey

I have planted a large container in my garden with comfrey plants so imagine my surprise when I went up to the Jubilee Graveyard and found our wild flower meadow was full of comfrey, just coming into flower.

I immediately picked a large basket full of leaves to dye with. The results are more yellow than green, but quite interesting nonetheless. I've just about doubled the quantity of leaves that I am using, which seems to be making a difference. From the left, mordanted with alum, copper, alum+tin and alum+iron.