as spring is comming soon, i have started thinking about what flowers i should plant in my wild flower area of the garden and i came to thought why not plant some that i can make flowertea of later on the year.. so have any tried this before or know some good plants for making tea??
chamomile, yarrow, sage, mint, catnip, feverfew, st john's wort, echinacea...just to name a few, these plants all have lovely flowers as well as potent medicinal properties
most folks dont know this, but someone told me the other day you can eat daylilies and pansies, so you might consider adding those to your garden. roseflowers are good too, and the hips are supposed to be good for relaxing teas...lemongrass is good too, and cats are supposed to love it...
WOW....i didn't know you could eat daylilly flowers (the young shoots are edible though too, i believe). & aren't pansies in the same family as violets (which i know are edible as well)? both are lovely on spring salads or they can be dipped in eggwhites & sugar for 'candied flowers' to use on cakes. be careful with harvesting roses that you didn't grow yourself, bc it is a plant that is often heavily sprayed/fertilized.
There is a lot of edible flowers that most people don't think about. Here is a link to a list. http://whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm Some may already be in your garden.
my favourites are peppermint and chamomile... I plant those every year. Although last summer I grew some spearmint too, and mixed it in with my peppermint - Mint tea for breakfast is a wonderful substitute for regular caffinated tea or coffee!
