Plant edible flowers in your garden

Chive (Allium schoenoprasum)
Perennial, Zone 3
Colour + flavour: Lavender-pink to purple; mild onion
Uses + comments: Use single petals in salads, sprinkle on cheese

Borage (Borago officinalis)
Annual
Colour + flavour: Blue; crisp cucumber
Uses + comments: Use whole flowers in salads, float in punch; possible diuretic effect

Pot marigold (Calendula officinalis)
Annual
Colour + flavour: Yellow to orange; tangy and peppery
Uses + comments: Use single petals in salads, sprinkle on fruit
and cheese

Bachelor’s buttons (Centaurea cyanus)
Annual
Colour + flavour: Blue; mild vegetable flavour
Uses + comments: Use single petals in salads, sprinkle on fruit
and cheese

Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Tree, Zone 5
Colour + flavour: Pink; bean-like to tart apple
Uses + comments: Use whole blossoms in salads

Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile syn. Anthemis nobilis)
Perennial, Zone 5
Colour + flavour: White; sweet apple
Uses + comments: Use dried whole flowers for tea; may irritate ragweed allergy

Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Perennial, Zone 3
Colour + Flavour: Blue; mildly bitter, like endive
Uses + comments: Use single petals in salads, sprinkle on cheese

Summer squash, pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
Annual
Colour + flavour: Yellow; mild vegetable flavour
Uses + comments: Stuff whole flowers with cheese mixture, then batter and fry, or bake

Pink (Dianthus spp.)
Perennial, Zone 4
Colour + flavour: White, pink or red; sweet clove flavour
Uses + comments: Use single petals in salads, scatter over ice cream

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa)
Perennial, Zone 5
Colour + flavour: White; little flavour
Uses + comments: Float whole flowers in punch

Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Perennial, Zone 4
Colour + flavour: Tawny orange; mildly sweet and crunchy
Uses + comments: Use buds in stir-fries; possible diuretic effect

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Perennial, Zone 5
Colour + flavour: Mauve to purple; strong, perfume flavour
Uses + comments: Use whole flowers in ice cream, custard, pound cake or combined with thyme and rosemary

Mint (Mentha spp.)
Perennial, Zone 4
Colour + flavour: White; strong flavour
Uses + comments: Use whole flowers in salads, float in mineral water