When you think of edible culinary herbs you no doubt think of basil for your pizza and pesto, mint for teas and jelly, or thyme for roasting meats and veggies. Less well known are the herbs you can grow for the tasty, edible flowers. Some you may know…such as lavender buds which taste yummy in lemonade or ice cream but there are more edible herbal flowers for you to try…
Harvest these tasty flowers for cooking, fancy drinks, desserts, or salads all summer spring and summer long. Plant the herbs for your herbal flower garden in well drained soil and use an organic flower fertilizer. They need 6-8 hours of full sun. Water regularly at the base and mulch often to keep weeds down.
Enjoy your tasty flowers and make sure to leave for medicinal purposes and for the pollinators!
10 Flowering Edible Herbs
- Anise hyssop
- Dill
- Garlic chives
- Greek oregano
- Lavender
- Pineapple sage
- Purple basil
- Rosemary
- Thai basil
- Spearmint
