Flowers can turn an ordinary yard into an oasis, but did you know they can spruce up culinary dishes as well? There are a great variety of edible flowers, including most edible herb flowers. Borage flowers, for instance, have a cucumber-like flavor and can be used in salads, cold juices and wines. The beautiful flowers of bee balms not only attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, but also taste surprisingly like oregano. The petals of this flower can be sprinkled on anything from garden salads to pizza right out of the oven. Other decorative and ornamental flowers that are also edible include day lilies, meadowsweet, violas, nasturtiums, pinks, roses, tulips (taste similar to raw peas) and violets.
