Hi can anyone suggest some good edible flowers I can attempt to grow to add variety to my salad bowl this summer?
Thanks
Caulie flowers before anybody else says it.
:D ;D good one! I should have seen that coming ;)
Nasturtium - lovely and peppery my fav
Borage
Rose petals
English (Pot) Marigolds...
Joy Larkom has a whole section on them in the "Salad Garden" book.
;D
Squashes
Nasturtiums- both the flowers and leaves. I took a salad decorated with the flowers to a women's meeting last year, and nobody had heard you could eat them. And nobody did! :-[
But I think they're great and add so much color.
day lilies ;D
dandelion, very easy to grow and always in plenty supply ;)
very tasty flower and leaves mixed into a salad.......honest
rocket flowers taste of Hazelnut
Quote from: GrannieAnnie on March 04, 2008, 23:47:36
Nasturtiums- both the flowers and leaves. I took a salad decorated with the flowers to a women's meeting last year, and nobody had heard you could eat them. And nobody did! :-[
But I think they're great and add so much color.
and the seeds - make a good substitute for capers
rose petals, violas, violets, hollyhocks, monarda, calendula :o carnations (supposed to make good vodka as well) , coughette flowers, chrysanths, catmint, lavender, fuchsia, sweetwilliams, woodruff........
Quote from: kimbobill on March 05, 2008, 08:35:28
dandelion, very easy to grow and always in plenty supply ;)
very tasty flower and leaves mixed into a salad.......honest
Oh! I forgot the roots can be dried then roasted, it makes an acceptable coffee substitute