Edible flowers?

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  1. jw_universe

    jw_universe Gardener

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    Hello, please could anyone give me suggestions of edible flowers that I can grow? I know you can eat some rose, violet and geranium petals but I don't know what types, and I'm sure there must be other flowers I can eat too.

    Thanks very much!
     
  2. mchumph

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    very interesting question.
    I only eat nasturtiums, chive flowers and, when they bolt, rocket flowers which are gorgeous and nutty.
     
  3. Alice

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    All parts of nasturtium are edible.
    The leaves are quite peppery in the salad bowl and the flowers look lovely.
    Courgette flowers are edible - there's a fashion for stuffing them, dipping in batter and deep frying them.
    Green plants which have bolted - you can eat the flowers. I'm thinking of my Pak Choi.
    I'm sure you'll get other suggestions.
     
  4. Quercus

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    Pot Marigold (Calendula), Borage
     
  5. lollipop

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    As far as I am aware you can also eat rose petals...............can't bring myself to emaciate one to try but you can apparently, quercus got the other one I know-calendula.


    Oh and dandelion heads can be eaten too.
     
  6. Freedom_Spark

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    I know they've been mentioned before but Calendula are so easy to grow, I grew these last year at my first ever attempt at growing flowers from seed [​IMG] They're called - orange king and flowered from July to November, they looked lovely and because I kept dead-heading them new flowers kept appearing. I ate the petals in salads.
     
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