What's Inside?
A pretty mix of native wildflowers whose flowers can be added to salads, used as garnishes, frozen in ice cubes, or brewed into teas.
Each bag of contains 100 Edible Flowers seed balls, made from a mix of evening primrose, lady’s smock, sheperd’s purse, wild garlic, borage and red clover. Coverage for 5 square metres in a garden bed or 15-25 medium sized pots (leave at least 10cm between each ball). Best scattered in Spring or Autumn.
Evening Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
Flowers and leaves can be used in salads, as a green vegetable, or in tea to treat anxiety, insomnia, and migraines. Roots can be used to make cough syrups and in arthritis and rheumatism treatments.
Season: March to June
Lady's Smock (Cardamine Pratensis)
The leaves taste of mustard or wasabi, and the flowers taste like cress with hints of sweetness and spice. The leaves can be a bit small and fiddly to collect - basal leaves at the bottom of the plant are easier. Leaves and flowers are lovely in salad. A tea made with the leaves of this plant was often used in the past as a Spring tonic or for menstrual problems.
Season: January to December
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella Bursa-Pastoris)
The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. The flower tips can be eaten as a snack, and the dried flowers and leaves can be used as a tea. Some of the tea can be used on a cotton bud to stop nosebleeds.
Season: March to November
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum)
The plant can be used raw or cooked. It's best to leave the roots alone, as the leaves are tastier and there are no bulbs. This plant is known to reduce high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and like bulb garlic, it has more medicinal claims than space to print them.
Season: February to June
Borage (Borago officinalis)
Annual.
Height: up to 60cm
Flowers: April to September
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Perennial with trefoil leaves and pinky red flowers. Good weed suppressor.
Height: 10-45cm
Flowers: May to September
The trifolium can help to break up heavy soil over time, plus it adds nitrogen to the soil, meaning healthy plants all round!
