100+ seeds per packet.

Weld, Reseda Luteola, seeds grown and harvested here in my gardens. Reseda Luteola is also known as Dyer's Weld, Dyers Rocket and Mignonette.

Weld is a natural dye plant that has been used for a very lightfast yellow since antiquity. The luteolin it contains is very lightfast, and is responsible for many, still bright and colorful textiles on display in museums. All parts of the plant, other than the roots contain luteolin. Weld has also been used as a very lightfast pigment and paint since antiquity and is responsible for many of the wonderful yellows in old paintings.

The seeds need to be kept consistently moist while germinating and I think I may have read that they even like a bit of light to help with germination. So, do not cover heavily with soil, and make sure to keep moist. I had some difficulty getting Weld seeds to germinate that I purchased from various sources, and had to try a few times to get them going. I think that sowing them in potting soil, in a container and then transplanting them is working best for me. I have seeds coming up now in a pot from this year's plants.....that germinated immediately......so, hopefully you will find the same the be true. Weld has a taproot, so transplant carefully while young and water well, as plants with a single taproot do not transplant happily when they get larger.

Weld is a biennial, which means it grows a rosette of leaves in the first year and flowers and forms seeds in the 2nd year. So, the first year, it will just be a rosette that grows low to the ground, but the 2nd year, it will get 5+ feet tall.

Bees absolutely love the flower stems and will work them for weeks! You can leave the plant go to seed, and then harvest the whole plant to use fresh as a natural dye.....or dry the whole thing and save it to use dry.

Apparently in some climates this plant can self-seed and cause a lot of volunteer plants, but I don't think that is true in my garden.

I will send along an information sheet with your seed. Weld combines beautiful with indigo and woad for very lightfast greens and with Madder to make extremely lightfast orange hues.