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natural dyeing - plants that make orange and red dyes

 
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Let's complete a list of plants that we can use to dye, wool, cloth, cotton, linen, and other textiles, the colours orange and red.  

No need to restrict to region or climate, we're looking for a master list of natural dyes.

so far I've tried

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what other natural dyes might make a nice red?
 
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Cochineal (crushed insects)  kermes (ditto)   NOT red cabbage - total fail on that one - promising in the pan, but the skein resulted in a blah beige.
Edit to add: - And for orange - Eucalyptus cinerea - that's the one that appears in florist's bouquets round, grey-blue leaves.  
 
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