Showing posts with label edible flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label edible flowers. Show all posts

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Edible Flowers: Viola

Violaceae viola
Burrage

For Glad Minds and Comfortable Hearts

Annual
Herb
Cool Season Bloomer
Full Sun with some shade in the afternoon

Description:
Native to the Mediteranian Region. Priamirly Blue, it can also come in white or pink. Grows to 2.0-3.3 ft tall. Five-pointed flowers. Leaves are deep green and develop white, prickly hairs as they grow.

Spells: Happy Home

Borago officinalis
Burrage

For Glad Minds and Comfortable Hearts


1. Eating the flowers in salads aids courage and cheerfulness and ends melancholy. Borage Flowers may be used alone or mixed with blue-floweredCorn Flowers, Periwinkle,Rosemary, or Forget-Me-Notand dressed with a few drops ofPeaceful Home Oil (also known as Happy Home).

2. Steep Borage Flowers to make Happy Tea.

3. Add Happy Tea to Peaceful Home Bath Crystals to scrub the floors, or sprinkle it at the 4 corners of the property, the 4 corners of the house, the 4 corners of each room, and the 4 corners of the kitchen table, to restore harmony and love to the family.

4. Place a pinch of dried Borage Flowers in each corner of a room where family fights have occurred, with a fifth pinch under the rug at the center of the room. 

Spells: Dream Lucky

Calendula officinallis
Little Calendar

Mary's Gold


Place a green flannel bag filled with Golden Calendula Flowers beneath your pillow when going to sleep. It is said that breathing the fragrance of these flowers causes one to dream of Winning Numbers and Winning Names.