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Post by mar on Apr 8, 2004 11:42:41 GMT -8
Anyone know if dandelion flowers have any real nutritional value? Or any other flowers for that matter?
When things are in bloom I typically top Bob's salad with flowers I know to be edible:
* Dandelion
* Daylilies
* Petunia
* Rose -- last summer I lived in a place that had the largest healthiest rose bush I have ever seen groing from a crack between the foundation and sidewalk and to add insult to injury it was hit by every car pulling up into the driveway.
Anyone else know of good flowers and the like?
Mark
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Post by mar on Apr 8, 2004 12:02:31 GMT -8
MK's site also lists these among others on the edible plant list:
* Panises
* Geranium
* Impatiens
* Pansies
* Hollyhock
* Squash flowers (mine is about to bloom so I mention it)
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Post by Merlin on Apr 8, 2004 18:22:40 GMT -8
Don't forget hibiscus!
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Post by Tesa on Apr 10, 2004 4:01:39 GMT -8
I can't find any nutritional values on flowers. You feed Bob well, he won't get enough flowers to cause concern about his health.  |
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Post by joseph2 on Apr 17, 2004 5:54:54 GMT -8
OK, I've heard a lot about hibiscus. I've seen pictures of this flower but have been unable to find it. It supposed to be plentiful here in Michigan in the summers, but I've never seen any flowers like what the pictures show. I know this sounds stupid, but what exactly do they look like. I always supplement Zilla's diet with dandelion flowers when they're in-season here, but I would also like to add hibiscus also.
Joe
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Post by Merlin on Apr 17, 2004 17:35:15 GMT -8
True hibiscus is a tropical plant and could not survive a cold winter. The flower is a large trumpet shaped multi-petaled blossom with a very long stamen and pistels (the part that has the pollen). There is a shrub called Rose of Sharon which has a similar flower and is in the same family. It is a temperate plant that goes dormant in the winter. I am not sure that those would be edible.
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Post by mar on Apr 23, 2004 7:26:04 GMT -8
Rose of Sharon is a great plant to have in your yard just because of the scent and abundant flowers. But be careful, my dad has been fighting one back for years as it keeps trying to take over -- this is in the Detroit area.
I don't know anything of the edibility.
Mark
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Post by VegasIguana on Apr 23, 2004 7:40:15 GMT -8
This is my friend's site: turtlecafe.com/edl_edible_landscaping.plJust keep in mind it's geared to tortoise physiology. Some plants may be edible for torts, but not for igs. Cross reference the material  |
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Post by mar on Apr 23, 2004 8:12:55 GMT -8
All of my searches in the last few minutes only directly returned that it is edible for torts and humans so I resorted to asking the yahoo group on exotic pet gardening.
Hopefully it will show up in the next few days.
Mark
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Post by dominick on Apr 23, 2004 10:46:36 GMT -8
Hi Joe- Try Googling "Hybiscus" and choose Google Images search. There are so many pics there, I'm sure you can find one that matches whatever Hybiscus variety grows in MI. Here's the one I'm most familiar with here in NJ.  |
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Post by joseph2 on Apr 24, 2004 4:37:22 GMT -8
Hey Dom. Do you actually feed that flower to Rex? I'm sure it makes a beautiful salad topper if you do.
Joe
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Post by dominick on Apr 24, 2004 6:34:18 GMT -8
Hi Joseph-
Yes, I feed the flower to him. He seems to like it. It doesn't hold a candle to Dandelion flowers which Rex will "Fetch" if I throw one on the floor. LOL
Give it a try. A lot of people have the plant inside the cage and allow the Ig to eat at will. I don't think they last very long that way!
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Post by Tesa on Apr 24, 2004 9:14:12 GMT -8
;D Thrasher loves dandelion flowers too!! But the neighbors think Im crazy when Im out there picking them........
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Post by joseph2 on Apr 24, 2004 9:58:10 GMT -8
You know, I too have always wondered what the neighbors may be thinking when they always see me outside picking dandelions and then disappearing into the house with them. Last year, I asked my one neighbor if I could pick some in his yard, and the look I received was worth a thousand words. I sure hope he didn't think I was picking them for my wife! lol "Here honey, look at the beautiful flowers I got for you today". I'd still be on the couch to this day! Joe |
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Post by rocmills on Apr 24, 2004 17:59:08 GMT -8
See, we get around the whole "neighbors looking at us funny" problem by simply taking the iggie up to their door, knocking, and then asking if they would mind if our iggie weeded their yard for them. This serves three purposes; we never run out greens for the kids, the neighbors all know where the igs live (in case one ever escapes), and we don't get the cops called on us for trespassing!
--Roc
(oh, and bailey loves the flowers - but mary will only eat the leaves)
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