“Grow – Tips for your cultivation”
“Decorate your food with edible flowers – but watch out for the toxic”
“Some flowers, can spice up any dish or pastry. But beware, it is not all plants that are suitable to use. Trädgårdsexperten Jessica Lyon will guide you among the edible and the toxic.”
“I feel that almost everyone would like to decorate their salads or cakes with beautiful flowers,” says Jessica Lyon, trädgårdsexpert on Odlingstv.see. But then you have to decorate with the edible flowers because many of them actually want to eat the flowers also.”
“All the flowers may not be very good but the violets, nasturtiums and marigolds tastes good and is very decorative. But then there are poisonous plants also and they want you not to serve their guests.”
“– lily of the valley you should not eat any part of, the whole plant is gifitg, ” says Jessica Lyon. Many are worried that not to be confused with wild garlic but it always comes earlier than liljekonvaljerna. This year, it might be a little tricky, after all, at the same time.”
“But there are other flowers we are happy to chomp on us.”
“– There are lots of flowers you can eat, ” says Jessica Lyon. Lilacs are super good . For example, you can make syrensaft. You can also remove a flower and suck on it, then it tastes a little sweet nectar.”
“– In south America you had in the past dahliaknölar instead of potatoes. They can boil or roast in the oven just like with the potatoes, ” says Jessica Lyon. They remind me of the jerusalem artichoke in taste. Just remember to take the locally produced herbal so you are sure that it is not treated.”
“In Asia and mainly in Japan it is a delicacy to eat the shoots of the funkia, hosta.”
“Right now it is very popular with hydrangeas and they are gorgeous so it can be tempting to decorate their wedding cake with it,” says Jessica Lyon. But the hydrangea contains cyanide so it is not at all advisable to lay on something to eat. The Rhododendron is also a poisonous plant, though perhaps not as tempting to start nibbling on.”
“another plant that you should look up with is Nerium that is popular if you have a mediterranean garden. The plant is very toxic and contain substances that can affect the heart.”
