Flowers are as beautiful as a baby’s smile, they say. Growing flowers or simply, even looking at them, gives joy to the heart. Flowers can both be edible and ornamental. Dandelions, pansies, violets and nasturtium are a few examples of edible flowers. Daisies, lilies and orchids are a few examples of non-edible flowers. Some flowers may be medicinal and a few may be poisonous. If you pick up flowers from roadside or from a polluted area, ensure that you do not to consume them. You can also buy seeds and grow them yourself.
Sunflowers can be used as both ornamental and edible flowers. The seeds can be roasted and consumed. Sunflowers grow very fast and tall. They also would act as a wind barrier, to an extent. African violets can be easily grown. It is easy to grow a new African Violet. Just cut of a leaf and the root and place it in moist soil. Peace lily, African violet, marigold, begonia and flowering varieties of the cactus are the few flowering plants, which can be grown, in a very small space.