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Edible ornamentals
I was munching on some Alchemilla mollis leaves the other day. Apparently it's traditionally been used to staunch bleeding, as it's quite astringent. So good for bleeding gums etc. The taste isn't bad, similar to hawthorn leaves which dad used to encourage me to nibble on walks (he said when he was a kid they used to call it 'bread and cheese' but I couldn't see why from the taste).
Any other ornamental plants people have tried?
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I still eat 'Bread and Cheese' - the green hawthorn leaf buds - great in a spring salad.
The young leaves from Lime trees are also tasty.
Nasturtium leaves, flowers and seeds are all great to eat. The leaves go particularly well in a salami sandwich, the flowers are good in salads and the seeds pickled and used as capers.
Violet, pansy, primrose and roses are all good to eat - you can eat them as they are scattered on a meal in the same way that mini-herbs are used to decorate a plate, or you can crystallise them with egg-white and sugar and use them to decorate cakes and puddings.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hemerocallis flowers, though I prefer them on the plant, and hosta flowers are supposed to be tasty too. Rose petals in strawberry jam or Moroccan tagine dishes.