Edible Flower

[rainnotebook]

I am interested in finding any and all edible flowers that you know are out there? I'm working for a clinic and am in charge of the garden (yay!) and basically we only want edible things in the garden. We will have a vegetable garden but I want lots of colors so lots of flowers too.

So my question is what flowers are edible that you know of.

I know the these are :

Roses
Pansies
Nasturtiums

and honestly thats all I can think of. Thanks so very much!!!!

 

[OaklandCityFarmer]

Lilac
Clover
Hibiscus (which also make a great tea)
Chrysanthemums
Lavender
Calendula
Squash/Pumpkin

Uh, I'm sure there are others.

Carlos

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Here is a useful list to help you choose your plants.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm

Good luck with the project.


:rose Hattie :rose

 

[Hattie the Hen]

Hello again!

I have just found a list that has photographs of the flowers which might help with your grouping of plants.

http://asiarecipe.com/flowers.html



:rose Hattie :rose

 

[simple life]

Violets is one.
I believe Borage is another.
There is actually quite alot, I was reading about that the other day.
I am pretty sure they mentioned Lovage as one.
It was quite surprising to me how many there were I never would have thought of. Hyssops was mentioned and I grow a ton of that and never thought of them.
Look into herbs, an herb garden is nice and you can eat many of those types of flowers as well as using the herbs.

 

[Lavender2]

Welcome, rainnotebook !! :happy_flower

Fantastic ideas and great links!
Wow .. I never knew I could eat my Lilacs!

Be careful with Borage ... very pretty flower, but whoosh does that stuff reseed everywhere!
I guess I should have ate more ...