Edible Flowers

I love salads and get a kick out of decorating them with edible flowers. Now that spring is here, I look forward to foraging for flowers. These edible flowers are great for cake-top decorating too.


These are the ones I have tried and will plant a few to harvest throughout the growing season:

Peony petals

Yucca filamentosa "Adam's Needle"

Petals of flowers only on Yucca

Rocket Arugula

• Viola (not pansies, but the perennial, self seeding Viola)
• Nasturtium
• Hosta Flowers (without stamen and anthers)
• Rocket Arugula (Eruca sativa)
• Lavender
• Basil flowers
• Mint flowers
• Pinks - Dianthus

  

  Chives

• Chive and Onion flowers
• Squash and Zuchinni (Corchets)
• Sugar Snap Sweet Pea
• Yucca filamentosa (petals only)
• Borage 
• Peony petals

My favourites are underlined.

Here are other online sources of edible flowers .