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RE: Edible Landscaping: Turk's Cap
I use a lot of mallow-family flowers, fresh-picked, from early summer until the frost ends it all -- hollyhocks, rose-of-sharon, hibiscus. I see where you suggest drying the Turks Cap. Can you compare those to hibiscus or other mallow-family flowers? I've had good success with hibiscus, but they have more flavor than hollyhocks or rose-of-sharon, in my experience. I'd like to see what your Turks Cap tea looks like! :D
I use a lot of mallow-family leaves, too. My favorites are the rose-of-sharon and common mallow. They are so abundant.
I've grown hollyhocks and hibiscus this year too.
I like to keep mallow growing in my garden in case I need the roots for medicine, though, as you mentioned, the leaves and flowers offer up benefits too. Now that you've brought it up, the flavor of Turk's cap flower does remind me of mallow blooms. The tea for me is kind of a yellow-pink color, light tasting, floral in scent. It's fine by itself, but in my opinion would probably shine best in a blend.