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Edible Flower List

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Please remember I am one person, always do your research before eating something you find in the wild and don’t eat anything you are allergic too

Basil - How to Identify

Blossoms come in a variety of colors, from white to pink to lavender; flavor is similar to the leaves, but milder. Magick Meanings - helps steady the mind, brings happiness, love, peace, and money and protects against insanity.

Bee balm - How to Identify

The red flowers have a minty flavor. Magick Meanings - developing psychic powers, protection, and fertility.

Borage - How to Identify

Blossoms are a lovely blue hue and taste like cucumber! Magick Meanings -Courage and Psychic Powers CAUTION: Avoid excessive consumption.

Begonia - How to Identify

Tuberous begonias and Waxed begonias Magick Meanings - beware, fanciful nature

Carnations - How to Identify

Can be steeped in wine, candy, or use as cake decoration. To use the surprisingly sweet petals in desserts, cut them away from the bitter white base of the flower. Magick Meanings - joy, devotion, love, fascination

Chrysanthemums - How to Identify

Tangy, slightly bitter, ranging in colors from red, white, yellow and orange. They should be blanched first and then scatter the petals on a salad. The leaves can also be used to flavor vinegar. Always remove the bitter flower base and use petals only. Young leaves and stems of the Crown Daisy, also known as Chop Suey Greens or Shingiku in Japan, are widely used in oriental stir-fries and as salad seasoning. Magick Meanings - wealth, optimism, cheerfulness, abundance

Clover - How to Identify

Sweet, anise-like, licorice. White and red clover blossoms were used in folk medicine against gout, rheumatism, and leucorrhea. It was also believed that the texture of fingernails and toenails would improve after drinking clover blossom tea. Native Americans used whole clover plants in salads, and made a white clover leaf tea for coughs and colds. Avoid bitter flowers that are turning brown, and choose those with the brightest color, which are tastiest. Magick Meanings - fame, wealth, faithful lover, health, Raw flower heads can be difficult to digest.

Dandelions - How to Identify

Flowers are sweetest when picked young. They have a sweet, honey-like flavor. Mature flowers are bitter. Dandelion buds are tastier than the flowers: best to pick these when they are very close to the ground, tightly bunched in the center, and about the size of a small gumball. Good raw or steamed. Also made into wine. Young leaves taste good steamed, or tossed in salads. Magick Meanings - increase psychic ability, calling spirits.

Daylilies - How to Identify

Slightly sweet with a mild vegetable flavor, like sweet lettuce or melon. Their flavor is a combination of asparagus and zucchini. Some people think that different colored blossoms have different flavors. To use the surprisingly sweet petals in desserts, cut them away from the bitter white base of the flower. Magick Meanings - forgetting worries, chastity, faith, wisdom, Holy Trinity, chivalry, royalty, fertility NOTE: Many Lilies contain alkaloids and are NOT edible. Day Lilies may act as a diuretic or laxative; eat in moderation.

English Daisy - How to Identify

The flowers have a mildly bitter taste and are most commonly used for their looks than their flavor. The petals are used as a garnish and in salads. Magick Meanings - innocence, purity, beauty, simplicity, loyalty, love

Fuchsia - How to Identify

Blooms have a slightly acidic flavor. Explosive colors and graceful shape make it ideal as garnish. The berries are also edible. Magick Meanings - love

Hibiscus - How to Identify

Cranberry-like flavor with citrus overtones. Use slightly acidic petals sparingly in salads or as garnish. The flower can be dried to make an exotic tea. Magick Meanings - delicate, beauty

Honeysuckle - How to Identify

Sweet honey flavor. Only the flowers are edible. Magick Meanings - love, loving bonds NOTE: Berries are highly poisonous – Do not eat them!

Lavender - How to Identify

Blooms accentuate sweet and savory dishes with a sweet mingling of floral, fresh pine and rosemary with citrus notes. How to use: Its flavor complements a variety of foods – from fish, poultry and most fruits and vegetables to sauces, marinades and dressings along with beverages, baked goods and desserts. Strip the flowers from the stalk before using. Magick Meanings - sharpen the mind, purifcation, encouraging, strengthen pure love, encourage fertility.

Lilac - How to Identify

The flavor of lilacs varies from plant to plant. Very fragramt, slightly bitter. Has a distinct lemony taste with floral, pungent overtones. Great in salads and crystallized with egg whites and sugar. Magick Meanings - pride, youth, innocence, beauty

Marigolds - How to Identify

Flavors range from spicy to bitter, tangy to peppery. Petals add a yellow tint to soups, spreads, and scrambled eggs. Magick Meanings - passion, creativity NOTE: Only the petals are edible.

Pansy - How to Identify

Pansies have a slightly sweet green or grassy flavor. If you eat only the petals, the flavor is extremely mild, but if you eat the whole flower, there is a winter, green overtone. Use them as garnishes, in fruit salads, green salad, desserts or in soups. Magick Meanings - merriment, thoughtfulness

Peony - How to Identify

In China the fallen petals are parboiled and sweetened as a tea-time delicacy. Peony water was used for drinking in the middle ages. Add peony petals to your summer salad or try floating in punches and lemonades. Magick Meanings - happy marriage, compassion, bashfulness

Primrose - How to Identify

Also know as Cowslip. This flower is colorful with a sweet, but bland taste. Add to salads, pickle the flower buds, cook as a vegetable, or ferment into a wine. Magick Meanings - health, beauty

Queen Anne’s Lace - How to Identify

Also known as Wild Carrot and Bishop’s Lace. It is the original carrot, from which modern cultivars were developed, and it is edible with a light carrot flavor. The flowers are small and white, and bloom in a lacy, flat-topped cluster. Magick Meanings - dainty, luck, purity NOTE: The problem is, it is closely related to, and looks almost exactly like another wild plant, Wild or Poison Hemlock, which often grows profusely in similar habitats, and is said to be the most poisonous plant native to the United States. The best way to differentiate between the two plants is to remember that Queen Anne’s Lace has a hairy stem, while the stems of Wild Hemlock are smooth and hairless and hollow with purple spots.

Roses - How to Identify

Flavors depend on type, color, and soil conditions. Flavor reminiscent of strawberries and green apples. Sweet, with subtle undertones ranging from fruit to mint to spice. All roses are edible, with the flavor being more pronounced in the darker varieties. Freeze them in ice cubes and float them in punches also. Petals used in syrups, jellies, perfumed butters and sweet spreads. Magick Meanings - love, remembrance, beauty NOTE: Be sure to remove the bitter white portion of the petals. Rose Petal Jam Rose Petal Drop Scones Rose Petal Tea

Snap Dragon - How to Identify

Delicate garden variety can be bland to bitter. Flavors depend on type, color, and soil conditions. Magick Meanings - graciousness, strength Probably not the best flower to eat.

Sunflower - How to Identify

The flower is best eaten in the bud stage when it tastes similar to artichokes. Once the flower opens, the petals may be used like chrysanthemums, the flavor is distinctly bittersweet. The unopened flower buds can also be steamed like artichokes. Magick Meanings - adoration, haughtiness

Tulip Petals - How to Identify

Flavor varies from tulip to tulip, but generally the petals taste like sweet lettuce, fresh baby peas, or a cucumber-like texture and flavor. Magick Meanings - fame, perfect love NOTE: Some people have had strong allergic reactions to them. If touching them causes a rash, numbness etc. Don’t eat them! Don’t eat the bulbs ever. If you have any doubts, don’t eat the flower.

Violets - How to Identify

Sweet, perfumed flavor. I like to eat the tender leaves and flowers in salads. I also use the flowers to beautifully embellish desserts and iced drinks. Freeze them in punches to delight children and adults alike. Heart-shaped leaves are edible, and tasty when cooked like spinach. Magick Meanings - faithfulness, happiness, love, virtue, modesty, loving, watchfulness

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