The dyer s greenwood ( Genista tinctoria ) was very popular in the old English dyers. Because, stems, leaves, pods and flowers of Genista tinctoria contains of great quantities of dyestuffs. In some of urban archaeological sites seeds of Genista tinctoria , weld and other residues of dye plants ( York at medium 9th -11th and, in Dundas Wharf to Bristol ; 13th-14th centuries) were found together. The clothier-dyer William Partridge emigrated to United States with the seeds of Genista tinctoria in 1808, and cultivated it in New Jersey .
