Spring is here and the days are warming. We’re outside more and more, enjoying the sun, working away in the garden: naturally, we need a snack.
These are the edible spring flowers, that we can use as a beautiful garnish or just a very pretty bite to eat for the kids. On a walk the other day, my two year old started yelling, offended that we’d passed by a redbud tree without getting him any “yummy flowers.” So we went back -no problem, free snack.
The following are flowers that by all accounts are edible, but please make sure you always properly identify your wildflower before eating it! And if you have pollen allergies to certain types of flowers, please also avoid eating them.
Let me know if you give these a try!
Wild strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Common Violet
Viola sororia
Spring beauty
Claytonia virginica
Trout lily
Erythronium albidum
Spiderwort
Trasdescantia ohioensis
American linden
Tilia americana
Spotted beebalm
Monarda punctata
Black locust
Robinia psuedoacacia
Resources:
A Wild Garden 