Edible Flowers

Edible Flowers Seed

Cooking and garnishing with flowers is more popular than ever! Today, many restaurant chefs and innovative home cooks garnish their entrees with flower blossoms for a touch of elegance. Try your hand at growing these edible flowers in your garden.

Lemon Mint Bee Balm grow beautiful lavender blooms that make wonderful cut flowers. Citrus scented blooms offer fragrance and beauty. The blooms and leaves are both edible. Native to the U.S. Also known as lemon bee balm, purple horsemint, and lemon mint. If grown in a pollinator garden Lemon Mint will attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

The Pacific Beauty Mix Calendula is a beautiful golden yellow and orange pot marigold that makes for excellent cut flowers. This Calendula variety is a customer favorites for brightening up a room in a vase or lending beauty to many dishes as edible flowers. This annual prefers cooler climates that look great in different containers and pots. The Pacific Beauty Mix's peak blooms occur in spring through summer.

The Panorama Red is a great cutting plant for center pieces. Produce vibrant red blooms from July to August on 3' foot plants.

Produces large, fully double flowers on tall, well-branched plants in a range of attractive colors. Blooms summer to late summer for extended color in garden beds. Very popular as a background in borders and against fences. Can be used as a backyard cut flower.

The Magnus Echinacea is a favored coneflower that produces large, ultra-colorful, bright pink blooms that are sure to stand out! This zinnia differs from other varieties as its giant 4-6 inches long petals stick straight out versus bent-back. These delightful giants begin to bloom in the late spring and will last until fall! Enjoy Magnus in a sunny bed, border or as a statement cut flower in an arrangement.

A cooler growing Snapdragon for the early spring days or into the autumn if given shelter. Beautiful seville orange in color makes this variety very attractive for flower arranging. Great for cut-flowers and bouquets. Ht. 24-30". Avg. 194,000 seeds/oz. Packet: 25 seeds.

The Purple Echinacea is a coneflower that is a sturdy perennial that is native to the Midwest, Southeast and naturalized throughout the Northeast. One of the most popular wildflowers, the Purple Coneflower can withstand dry conditions, though it performs best in cooler seasons, without irrigation. This variety readily reseeds itself.

Borage is a mounded plant that produces beautiful blue flowers that are great for using as a garnish for different dishes or drinks. This large variety is a self seeding annual that bears hundreds of small edible flowers, mostly blue and some pink, over a long harvest. Borage has a mild cucumber flavor that is great for salads and garnishes. Medicinal: Seed oil is a rich source of gamma-linolenic acid.

Wild Thyme has a wonder fragrance and beautiful bloom that does well in most gardens. Spreads easily on its own and does well in drought tolerant locations. Forms a dense mat that create an excellent ground-cover. Plants are 6-12 inches tall, and the lavender flowers appear just above the foliage. As with many species in the mint family, the flowers of Wild Thyme are very attractive to honey bees and wild bees. Also know as lemon thyme, larger thyme, and broad-leaf thyme.

Candle Fire okra seeds produce a striking heirloom-style okra grown for its vivid red pods and strong garden performance, combining ornamental appeal with excellent culinary quality. Candle Fire is believed to descend from traditional African and Southern U.S. okra lines valued for color and heat tolerance. The plants grow upright and vigorous, reaching 4–6 feet tall, with green foliage accented by red veins and stems, and produce slender, deep red pods that turn green when cooked while remaining tender at harvest size. Candle Fire okra thrives in hot weather and full sun, preferring fertile, well-drained soil and consistent moisture. Sow seeds directly after soil has thoroughly warmed, soak seeds before planting to improve germination, and harvest pods young and frequently to encourage continuous production.

Blacknight Hollyhock (Alcea rosea 'Blacknight') is a striking, tall-growing perennial known for its deep, almost black, maroon-purple blooms that add dramatic contrast to garden borders and cottage-style landscapes. Part of the renowned "Spotlight Series," this hollyhock variety typically reaches heights of 5 to 6 feet and produces single, saucer-shaped flowers on sturdy, upright stems from mid to late summer. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies while also being relatively deer-resistant. Ideal for background planting or along fences and walls, Blacknight Hollyhock combines old-fashioned charm with a bold, modern color.

Creeping thyme, also known as Thymus serpyllum, is a low-growing, aromatic herb with a long history of use in gardens and culinary applications. Native to Europe and Asia, creeping thyme has been valued since ancient times for its medicinal properties and culinary versatility. This perennial herb is characterized by its tiny, evergreen leaves and dense, mat-forming growth habit, which makes it an excellent choice for ground cover or between stepping stones in herb gardens. Creeping thyme typically features small, delicate pink or purple flowers that bloom in summer, adding a touch of color to its lush green foliage.The plants are known for their resilience and ability to thrive in well-drained soil and full sun to partial shade. With its pleasant fragrance, low-maintenance growth, and ability to attract pollinators, creeping thyme is a valuable addition to both ornamental and functional garden spaces.