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I had to look up the first 2 on your list. Agastache AKA hyssop I grow all the time. Bees love it. I very rarely eat it though. I didn’t realise cornflower or bergamot were edible. Any varieties? Which bits edible? I grow both them. And my millet has failed to germinate.
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And tiny single tagetes (like the lemon gem that came in the seed swop)- really citrussy.
And violas.
And basil flowers.
And cornflower petals .
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(09-04-2023, 11:08 PM)Veggie Wrote: I'm revisiting this thread and making a list of Ornamental/Edible plants I want to try growing. So far:-
Agastache, Amaranth, Bergamot, Cornflower, Chinese Violet Cress, Chamomile, Caraway, Cumin, Dill, Flax, Fennel, Millet. Nigella, Bread seed Poppy, Quinoa, Sunflower.
There'll be more. Big Grin
+ Borage, Calendula, Huazontle, Malabar Spinach, Nasturtium, Orach, Perilla, Soapwort, Tree Spinach

I may have said this before (many times) but I have this dream garden that is filled with edible or useful plants that are also ornamental. A garden that I can wander in, picking and nibbling as I go. If I had a blank canvas (like SC) that's what I'd be doing.
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Don’t forget the daylilies  Big Grin
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(10-04-2023, 08:30 AM)Small chilli Wrote: I had to look up the first 2 on your list. Agastache AKA hyssop I grow all the time. Bees love it. I very rarely eat it though. I didn’t realise cornflower or bergamot were edible. Any varieties? Which bits edible? I grow both them. And my millet has failed to germinate.
Bergamot/Monarda didyma https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinNa...rda+didyma

Cornflower/Centaurea cyanus https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinNa...rea+cyanus

Agastache Foeniculum /Korean Mint https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinNa...foeniculum

Other varieties of all of these are available. The pfaf website is my main source for information on edible plants.
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(10-04-2023, 11:42 AM)Small chilli Wrote: Don’t forget the daylilies  Big Grin
Impossible to forget them - they're everywhere now. I started with a few roots from an Aunt-in-law's garden about 40 years ago. As they spread, I divided them and had this crazy idea of dotting them down the garden alongside a "path" so that, when they all flowered there would be a chain of orange flowers to mark the route. Big Grin
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Tomorrow - weather permitting, I'm going to sow some Agastache, Adenophora triphylla and Anise - all have edible uses. Not sure about the viability of some of the seeds as they're all quite ancient - but they'll never grow in a drawer!
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Are we going alphabetical with edible seeds too?
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I grew monarda last year. Whilst I loved the smell, I'm not sure I would want it sprinkled on my plate. There are reasons we have moved away from lots of these plants - they taste bloody awfulBig Grin. I love a few petals of something to brighten up a salad but for me they are mostly a garnish or something added for a bit of fun. Tree spinach I absolutely love on a salad, but again just a sprinkle on top of some leaves.... but its a thug, I still get volunteers maybe 10 years ago since I planted it.
The monarda Im treating as annuals - they didnt survive the winter but I absolutely loved the variety I grew last year. There are lots of different ones. I grew lambada last year but Ive also grown a citrus smelling one - lemon bergamot/monarda citriodora, which also smelt amazing.
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The Monarda I want to grow are for herb tea rather than nibbling
Scarlet, I grew some of your Tree spinach years ago and its finally disappeared but, I have plenty more seeds. Big Grin Have you tried it in flower arrangements?
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