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Perhaps I should have been clearer about "eating flowers". I don't mean just the flower heads/petals but other part of the plant that are edible or have a culinary use.
Like Day lilies with their edible flowers, leaves and roots, there are other plants that are normally grown just for their flowers but have wider uses. For example, dahlias have edible roots, fuchsias have berries and we all know that nasturtiums have flowers, leaves and seedpods.
I'm checking my garden plants out on PFAF https://pfaf.org/user/default.aspx to see if they have a use that I don't know about.
Montbretia flowers, apparently, can be used as food and dye colouring - this is not enough to persuade me they can stay.
Same with Vinca, https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Vinca+major Not edible and its only saving grace is that the stems can be used to make baskets!!! So its days are numbered.
Like Day lilies with their edible flowers, leaves and roots, there are other plants that are normally grown just for their flowers but have wider uses. For example, dahlias have edible roots, fuchsias have berries and we all know that nasturtiums have flowers, leaves and seedpods.
I'm checking my garden plants out on PFAF https://pfaf.org/user/default.aspx to see if they have a use that I don't know about.
Montbretia flowers, apparently, can be used as food and dye colouring - this is not enough to persuade me they can stay.
Same with Vinca, https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Vinca+major Not edible and its only saving grace is that the stems can be used to make baskets!!! So its days are numbered.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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