I am interested in learning a bit more about them, which ones are edible and what everyone grows.

Currently I grow lavender which is great in cookies

Nastursims which are great in salads
Jasmine for tea and honeysuckle because the kids just love them.
I know there are many many more but I have yet to try any others.

Anyone else grow flowers to eat and what kind do you grow?

violas - johnny-jump-ups!

I'm growing

Borage
Nasturtiums
Bee balm
Roses
Chives

Must be that time of year again. I posted something about edible flowers last year. :D

http://www.veggieboards.com/boards/showthread.php?t=38835&page=4

Must be that time of year:lol: course I was not here last year.

I was thinking of getting bee balm this year but seems no more shipments are comming in.

Roses I use on my skin but do not really eat them.

So far my borage plants are doing very well. Easy to sprout, the seeds are large. No flowers yet, though, but I like the plants, they have interesting leaves.

My beebalm seedlings are doing well too, probably ready to transplant to the garden.

I bought edible flowers once at the local health food store and put them on a salad. I really didn't like them! Did I do something wrong, or are edible flowers just not for me? Any serving suggestions?

Well they all taste differant so maybe the ones you got were not good in salad?

hmm zuchini flowers now those puppies you dip in batter and deep fry :drool:
Violets are sweet, some other flowers are peppery tasting.

I LOVE borage flowers!

I grow bee balm, but I didn't realize it was edible. It sure smells good. How do you use it?

Bee balm in tea mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Think early grey teas

Are the leaves also edible, or just the flowers?

Leaves are too!

Just do not eat large amounts of this stuff, it can cause vomiting if done to excess, not that I would know or anything:sick:

Beebalm flowers are edible in salads and you can make the plant into tea, but I've not tried it yet.

Most of my baby beebalms got fried by the sun after I planted them. :cry:

hmm zuchini flowers now those puppies you dip in batter and deep fry :drool:

I love those! We did that at my grandparents' house when they were still alive. How do you make the batter though? We put them in scrambled eggs and then bread crumbs.

mix a little vegan mayo with some soymilk (other milk substitutes aren't "thick" enough) to the consistancy of beaten raw eggs...

Dip whatever you want to fry in the mixture and then in crumbs, flour or whatever..

Fry gently without too much moving about, the batter WILL fall off easier...

Otherwise, it works like a charm.

Oh, and I'm growing nasturtiums and chives... :love:

I love those! We did that at my grandparents' house when they were still alive. How do you make the batter though? We put them in scrambled eggs and then bread crumbs.
egg yolks and flour or almond meal whatever to coat them depending on my mood.

I'm not vegan though, so I guess Tofu-N-Nsprouts idea would work best for a vegan

I have one of these http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-perennial/images/AlliuGi2.htm
in my garden, which I planted on a whim in the fall. Is it edible? It's apparently in the onion/leek family. Also, for some reason, after it grew for a while, it started to push itself out of the ground and grow crooked. The leaves look kinda wilty - should I replant it so it's straight?

egg yolks and flour or almond meal whatever to coat them depending on my mood.

I'm not vegan though, so I guess Tofu-N-Nsprouts idea would work best for a vegan

I am not vegan either. But I still woudln't mind trying it. I have veganaise and non-milk way more often than I have eggs.

Thanks Tofu-N-Sprouts! I just wish I could buy the flowers somewhere, because I cannot grow zucchini (or anything for that matter) living in a dorm... I haven't had them in years and I miss them.

I've been thinking about this...

Aren't artichokes, broccoli, and cauliflower technically "flowers" (or at least bunches of flower buds, in the case of broccoli)?

I've been thinking about this...

Aren't artichokes, broccoli, and cauliflower technically "flowers" (or at least bunches of flower buds, in the case of broccoli)?


Yep, they sure are! :)

This is one of my favorites, though I've never grown it; the Romanesco Broccoli, which exhibits Mandelbrot sets (fractals):

I LOVE to eat romanesco! It's like eating a Klingon :lol:

I was listening to a French chef talk on the radio the other day. He was talking about edible flowers. He uses them a lot but he said they have pratically no nutritional value at all.

Does anyone know about this and if that is true?

Oh I doubt it's true, just that they are used in such tiny quantities their nutritional value would be negligible. I presume they have the nutritional qualities of the plants they grow on. We know flower buds such as broccoli are very nutritious. Violet leaves are very nutritious, but I don't know about the flowers.