13/07/2025
Five Cut Flowers with Hidden Benefits
💐Roses - Roses are packed with health-giving properties. You can use rose petals to make tea or jam, or sprinkle them on salads. Rose hips can be eaten like fruit – remove the hairs first – or turned into syrup, which can be used as a base for cordial. What’s more, roses are said to carry a whole range of health benefits, including headache relief, stress reduction, and indigestion relief. When turned into a salve, they can also treat inflammation.
💐Chrysanthemums - Most commonly, chrysanthemums are consumed as tea, and taste a little like chamomile. But in Japan, the stalks, flowers, and leaves are all blanched and eaten as greens. You can also use the leaves and flowers in salads. They are a good source of calcium and magnesium, and are believed to support bone health. Chrysanthemums are also known to carry anti-inflammatory properties.
💐Hibiscus - Hibiscus flowers, leaves, and seeds are all edible. Oten consumed as a tea, it has a refreshing, citrusy flavour. But you can also add them to salads or make them into jam or relish. They are packed with antioxidants and have antibacterial properties.
💐Sunflowers - You can eat every single part of a sunflower - root, stalk, petals, and seeds. Sunflower seeds taste incredible when toasted. But did you know that if you sautée the stem or unopened buds, they taste like artichoke? And they are so good for your health. Boosting immunity, heart health, blood sugar regulation, and digestion. They can work as an anti-inflammatory, and help to reduce cholesterol.
💐Fennel - You may already know that you can eat fennel. Containing a significant amount of both folate and potassium, fennel is linked to a whole range of health benefits, including the support of skin health, heart health, and weight loss. It is also known to have anti-inflammatory properties. And it is believed to support with breast milk production and to help alleviate some symptoms of menopause. You can drink it in a tea, add it to salad, pop it in pasta, or use it in risotto.
