dyers woad
Isatis tinctoria
USDA zones4 to 8
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Blue, gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Dyers woad (Isatis tinctoria) is an annual for low maintenance gardens. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It grows as an erect plant with blue, gray, silver, and green foliage. Plants reach about 35 to 47 inches tall and bring yellow blooms. Butterflies and birds visit the garden where it grows, and it tolerates drought.
Pairs well with Borage, Common poppy, Poppy mallow, and Buffalo grass.
Native range
Europe, asia, and Russia.