I eat a lot of flowers. These all went into a great salad with some weeds. What are these flowers? Come into my post and see!

Camera: Sony DSC-RX-10
Lens: 9-73mm f/2.8 @ 9mm
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 125

Species List

1. Pink flowers - Rose of Sharon - Hibiscus syriacus
2. Pale yellow and white flowers - Roses - Rose spp.
3. Bright yellow on the left - Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale
4. Bright yellow on the right - Bristly Hawksbeard - Crepis setosa
5. The berries? - Wild Himalayan blackberries - Rubus armeniacus

How did I eat them? I mixed them with a big pile of very young Lambsquarter and Redroot Pigweed, topped with raw sunflower seeds and a blasamic vinaigrette. Yep, this was a great #EatYourYard salad - free for the picking!

1. Lambsquarter - Chenopodium album
2. Redroot Pigweed - Amaranthus retroflexus

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What Do You Think?

What flowers do you like to eat? I would like to know!

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