White Melilot / Spring / Summer / Edible White melilot can often be found growing on disturbed ground and can have a flavour somewhere between peas and vanilla. Common Names Sweet Clover, Hart’s Tree, Kings Clover, Lucerne. Botanical Name Melilotus albus  Meaning of Botanical Name Melilotus means honey lotus, from…
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Grand Fir / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Grand fir is one of the most flavour-packed conifers I’ve ever come across it’s almost like a clementine bubble gum. Common Name  Grand Fir Botanical Name Abies grandis Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae Physical…
Juniper / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Name Juniper Botanical Name Juniperus communis Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Cupressales Family – Cupressaceae Genus – Juniperus Known Hazards Oil from the related Juniperus sabina is said to be abortifacient; there is no evidence that eating berries…
Stonecrop / Spring / Sumer / Autumn / Edible Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as Stonecrop. The genus contains 400-500 species and the leaves of most are edible. About 54 species are native to Europe but here…
Noble Fir / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Name Noble Fir Botanical Name Abies procera Meaning of Botanical Name Abies is derived from the Latin ‘rising one’, and refers to the height of Firs. It was usually used to describe tall trees or ships and…
Chicory / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Chicory is most commonly known for Camp coffee essence or Chicory root coffee which is used in making cakes. It has the most beautiful edible flowers. Common Names Chicory/Common Chicory, blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, bunk, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh,…
 Deceivers / Summer / Autumn / Edible Deceivers, as their name describes, are an edible wild mushroom which grows with variations that can make it a little deceiving, sometimes it has a wavy cap edge, sometimes not, sometimes straight stems sometimes not, sometimes bright orange sometimes almost grey. Scientific Name…
Bistort / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Bistort is a common, herbaceous perennial member of the dock family. It loves damp environments and was traditionally used to make pudding in Lent. Common Names Bistort, Snake-root, Snakeweed, Easter-ledges, Common bistort, European bistort, Botanical Name Bistorta officinalis Scientific Classification Kingdom…
Ivy Leaved Toadflax / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Ivy Leaved Toadflax is a small trailing plant with creeping stems. Native to the Mediterranean but naturalized across the whole of Europe. It is believed that it arrived in the UK with imported marble sculptures from Italy.…
Red Valarian / Spring / Summer / Edible Red Valerian is one of those plants you see growing out of walls and cracked pavements, it’s lovely to look at and is edible, although quite bitter. It’s not related to the valerian that’s used in sleepy tea though. Scientific Name: Centranthus…