Sweet Violets: Edible Flowers, Medicinal Plants

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Sweet violets are edible flowers that can also be used for medicinal purposes. Find sweet violets in moist, shaded locations with deep, slightly sandy soil.

Sweet violets are edible flowers, these common plants can also can be used in medicinal ways.

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Sweet Violets: Edible Flowers, Medicinal Plants

Lately, more and more people have begun to understand just how limited, in both variety and nutritional value, our “modern” diets have become. This realization has sparked a new and widespread interest in the culinary and therapeutic uses of herbs — those plants which, although not well-known today, were honored “guests” on the dinner tables and in the medicine chests of our grandparents’ homes. In this regular feature, Herb Garden, we’ll examine the availability, cultivation and benefits of our “forgotten” vegetable foods, edible flowers and remedies — and, we hope, help prevent the loss of yet another bit of ancestral lore.

  • Published on Mar 1, 1984
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