05082020 CAN YOU EAT CALENDULA FLOWERS. Pick flowers when they are fully open and often check because they come and go quickly. Of all the ways you can use calendula we most often dry the flowers for tea or make healing calendula oil.
The more you pick the more they will keep flowering.
Well known for its healing properties and edible flowers leaves also this flower looks great in any garden. There is no record of the seed being edible but it contains up to 37 protein and 46 oil. Easy to grow seeds can be started indoors in the late winter or sow them directly into the garden in the spring. How to Grow Gather and Prepare Calendula as Food and Medicine Come soak up our most in-depth article on calendula.
