My friends and I growing up would suck the nectar out of #lilacs. They were delicious and edible! (But save some for the bees.)

30+ Lilac Recipes (Yes, Lilacs Are Edible!)

By Ashley Adamant
Updated Apr 19, 2026

"Edible lilacs (Syringa vulgaris) are one of the most delightful surprises of the spring kitchen, and yes, you really can eat them. Between the fragrant flowers and the short bloom window, lilacs have become one of my favorite things to preserve and cook with each May on our Vermont homestead."

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"Lilacs start the edible flower season around here, but our homestead has delicious blooms to enjoy all summer long. We’re foraging dandelions for #dandelion flower recipes at the same time as the lilacs, then wild #violets come on for violet flower recipes, and #elderflowers show up a few weeks later for elderflower recipes. The old perennial patch of #BeeBalm by the kitchen door is edible and medicinal too, so the homestead kitchen stays fragrant with one bloom or another from May right through August."

Learn more:
https://practicalselfreliance.com/edible-lilacs/

#SolarPunkSunday #Foraging #EdibleFlowers #EdiblePlants #MedicinalPlants

I've been cultivating wild violets as ground cover as we continue to eliminate grass. It's working!

#violets #garden #michigangarden #zone6a

Easter Joy Attend You, 1913 - Postcard

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#Easter #Violets

Dilophosaurus enters the Kingdom of Violets.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Violets #Gardens #Flowers #Fields #Dinosaurs

#Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Violets #Gardening #Iowa #NativePlants

The common violets are volunteers in the perennial garden. If they start taking up too much space, I remove a few. But right now they are providing most of the good cheer in the garden.