Edible companion flowers

[nerobot]

Hi,

I'm looking to plant an edible flower that I can also use to companion plant with my veg to attact the "good insects". Any ideas?

Steven

[Snadger]

Nasturtiums? Calendula?

[Paul Wagland]

Both good options. Also borage (great for bees, flowers look nice frozen in ice cubes), Anchusa 'Dropmore' (use like borage) and/or Viola 'Heartsease' which can be used as a cut-and-come-again salad leaf.

I believe the flowers of day lilies are edible (fried like tempura) but I'd need to check this before I reccommend you eat them!

[SimonCole]

Borage is a cool bet.
Mustards
Pansies
violas
violets
marjoram and mints
Dead nettles
marrigolds (i think but not sure)

[Alice]

Nasturtiums is the usual one. You can eat the flowers, seeds and leaves. And dead easy. Pretty too.

[nerobot]

Thanks for all the advice. Didn't realise some of those were ediable as I was growing some of them last year in my old house