Necessity is indeed the mother of invention, and circumstances shape our preferences and thus our plant collections.
There are many plants that produce edible flowers and are safe to eat if they are grown without the use of pesticides.
Like people, plants have more than one formal name: the genus name, the species name, often a cultivar name, as well as a common name. Learn more...
The price one pays for this indulgence is that once something flowers it usually self seeds. Before long the garden's original design becomes blurred...