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Arugala, Eruca vericaria
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Great for Salads and snacking
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Nutty, spicy, peppery flavor
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Borage, Borago officinalis
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Great for Salads and snacking
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Tastes like cucumber, remove thorny backside
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Bachelor button, Centauria cynaus
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Use in Salads
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Sweet to spicy, a bit like clove
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Burnet, Sanguisorba minor
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Use in Salads
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Flavorless, but colorful
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Calendula, Calenudla officinalis
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Add to Salads, and for making teas
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Spicy, tangy, ‘poor man’s saffron’ adds golden color to foods
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Daylily, Hemerocallis species
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Great for Salads, sautés
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Sweet, crunchy, somewhat like a water chestnut
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Lavender, Lavendula species
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Add to Salads, and for making teas
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Floral, strong perfume flavor, use very lightly for color
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Marigold, Tagetes tenuifolia
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Add to Salads, and for making teas
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Spicy to bitter
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Nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus
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Great for Salads
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Sweet, mildly pungent to peppery flavor
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Onion/garlic, Allium species
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Great for Salads or stir fry
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Sweet onion, garlic flavor
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Pansy, Viola spp.
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Use in Salads
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Mild sweet to tart flavor
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Pea, Pisum species (sweet pea is poisonous)
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Great for Salads or stir fry
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Tastes like peas, also add tendrils or fresh new shoots
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Rose, Rosa species
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Add to Salads, and for making teas, infusions
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Sweet, aromatic flavor; remove the white bitter portion of petals
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Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis
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Add to Salads, and for making teas
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Pinelike, sweet, savory
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Squah Blossom, Cucurbito pep species
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Salads, sautés, stuffed/battered
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Sweet, nectar flavor
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Thyme, Thymus vulgaris
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Add to Salads, and for making teas
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Lemony, adds a nice light scent
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Violet, Viola species
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Add to Salads, and for making teas
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Sweet, nectar flavor
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