Yeah the cucumber taste is why people tend to use a more neutrally flavored flower for edible decor. Although, there are some dessert flavors that I think go really well with it, like blueberry. The color is the major draw though. They really are beautiful.
Yes! The older leaves grow hairs on them, so people tend to cook them in soups or stews to soften it up and make the texture less evident. Its a very interesting herb overall.
Looks like potentially sun scorch or a fertilizer burn. How much have you been watering it/how much has it been raining, and when/what do you fertilize with?
Overwatering is definitely a possibility then, but discoloration would start on the leaf tips and be more consistent throughout, and typically more yellow, which makes me think it could be something more severe. It's hard to tell because of all the leaf breakage happening, though. Try cutting back on water for a few weeks, and if it doesn't get better you might be looking at an infection like Rose Mosaic. Hopefully not though!
Bugs would explain the breakage! Though this would have to be the most extreme case of rose sawfly I've ever seen, which is why I originally discounted it.
My first documented entry in the #carryshitolympics! I went to buy a bunch of #plants for the balcony using my #cargobike which is normally just used to carry children.
That is how the modern day Rembrandt Tulips came to be! They're a fairly modern plant courtesy of selective breeding. The virus was just the inspiration for the effect.
Zanthoxylum Clava-herculis, or toothache tree, is a tree native to the Southeastern U.S. The trunk is thorny and lumpy, and it grows 8-15 meters tall. It has a natural anesthetic in the bark, leaves, and spines, which has the ability to numb the mouth.
Colchicum Autumnale, AKA Autumn Crocus is a species of lily found throughout most of Eurasia. All parts of the plant are deadly if consumed. It grows leaves in the spring and summer, before dropping them and blooming with purple flowers in the fall.
Borago Officinalis, or Starflower is a mid-sized herb with 5-pointed bright blue flowers. It is native to much of Europe. The leaves are edible and taste like cucumber, while the flowers are often dried or crystalized with sugar for edible decorations.
Pyrus Calleryana, AKA the Callery Pear, is a tree native to Southeast Asia. In the spring, it blooms with thousands of tiny white flowers and releases a foul odor. These fetid blooms turn into a hard, mildly poisonous fruit, which is consumable by birds.
Ecballium Elaterium or exploding cucumber is native to Southern Europe. It's known for its odd way of spreading seeds. As it grows, pressure in the gourd builds until it's ripe and shoots off the stalk, quickly expelling a stream of tiny seeds in its wake
What's wrong with my roses
Phytolacca Americana, or Pokeweed, is a herbaceous plant up to 2.5 meters tall, and native to North America. The plant is very toxic to mammals, especially the berries. Due to the risk from the toxins, and its density of growth, it is considered a pest.
A leaf of a wild copper beech held against the sun. It gets trippier if you zoom in.
Banyan trees, AKA strangler figs, can live for centuries. They germinate in tree branches and grow aerial roots downwards. This stabilizes them so they can wrap around the host tree, creating pressure until the host dies, leaving only the Banyan tree.
Tulip breaking is a phenomena caused by a virus spread by aphids. It causes a flower's undertones to show in irregular streaks. In the 1600s this colorful effect was very desired. Nowadays the same result is achieved through planting Rembrandt Tulips
Mimosa Pudica, or Touch-Me-Not is a short creeping plant known for its ability to rapidly close its leaves in response to stimuli such as touch. It also "sleeps" at night, wherein the leaves close at night and open in the morning.