I bashed the petals off my poor BarrelHouse King flower trying to get good pics of the suble dark tones. The wind has been shredding many, so I collected the damaged ones and made a pretty pile. There are white strawberries, a rose and some chive flowers to get good colors as well as nibbles.
The edges of petals really are soft and sweet. I prefer to pan fry them and put them.with cheese or over something, but I'm surprised by how nice they taste alone. I can't tell if the colors alter the flavor, curious if anyone else has tried and noticed any differences.
At least if my flowers get beat up, they are decently edible!





(Before it got smushed)

I like to munch on the yellow daylilies, but I think the red and dark purple ones have a bitter taste. There are all kinds of recipes for daylilies.

I eat them plain, fresh off he plant. And I have noticed a perfumed flavor with some daylilies. I'll try to keep track this summer, see if it's dark ones, or really fragrant ones or whatever.

Remember plucking honeysuckle blossoms for the nectar? Daylilies do the same thing.

blue23rose said:I like to munch on the yellow daylilies, but I think the red and dark purple ones have a bitter taste. There are all kinds of recipes for daylilies.

Oh good to note! I'll have to try some of the paler flowers and see if there's a difference!

ShakespearesGarden said:
Remember plucking honeysuckle blossoms for the nectar? Daylilies do the same thing.

I have not tried this but will totally try. Some ants were all over one of my flowers yesterday so I bet that one probably has awesome nectar!

I would be afraid to eat mine because of the Miloganite and other fertilizer used when planting.

Pat, how about corn, peas, beans, tomatoes, etc? Daylilies just don't appeal to me as a food crop,but I think they probably receive less sprays, and fertilizer than most commercially grown crops.

Larry, you are probably right, but if I saw them put Milorganite in the hole with peas, corn, and tomatoes, I wouldn't eat them either. As far as daylilies go, I wouldn't eat them for love or money, but to each his own.