Flower Ice Cubes — My Moonstone Kitchen (2024)

FAQs

What flowers to put in ice cubes? ›

For the ice cubes

Enough small edible flowers or petals for one flower per segment in your ice cube tray, violas, borage, primroses, nasturtiums, carnations and agastache all work well. Fill each section of the ice cube tray 2/3 full with water. Add an edible flower into each section of the ice cube tray.

Edible flower Tips: This recipe uses dried roses and fresh pansies, both edible flowers produced beautiful results. For floral ice cubes there are so many beautiful options to choose from! You can easily find edible dried flowers from Amazon or your local bulk foods store.

Freshly-Picked

Blooms straight out of the garden (or local nursery) are your best bet for making floral ice cubes. Carefully remove individual petals from the stem of the flower or herb after a quick spritz with cold water. Please be careful as not all flower petals are edible.

It's best to use your floral ice cubes within two months, especially if they are in open (uncovered) ice cube trays in the freezer. What if my edible flower is too big for my ice tray? Try using just the petals! Pull petals from the flower and place the petals in the tray.

Once open, use cool water (or simply add some ice cubes to the vase) in order to keep the blooms lasting longer. Though water still absorbs into the stem, colder water slows any decay, bacteria, or mold from breaking down the organic matter.

They begin blooming in the spring, and their bloom period can last for weeks. Some species also might bloom for a second time later in the summer. Deadheading, or removing the spent flowers, doesn't typically have much of an effect on ice plants to promote more blooming.

Freeze your ice cubes for about 24 hours. Hammond says that slow freezing is vital because it allows enough time for impurities to be forced out of the ice. She likens it to how lake water freezes slowly, so that by the time the lake is frozen solid, the top appears glass-like.

Edible Flowers last between 4 to 7 days

Depending on the variety, your Edible Flowers should last around 4 to 7 days, when stored correctly. Of course, the sooner you use them, the fresher they will be. Just be wary that flowers will soak up moisture. For the freshest looking flowers garnish just before serving.

Plants absorb water and nutrients through their roots and watering with ice could lead to insufficient water reaching the roots. "The slow melting of ice cubes may result in uneven watering and inadequate hydration for the entire root system," explains Lisa Madz, resident plant expert of Rosy soil.

How to make perfect floral ice cubes? ›

Instructions. To suspend flowers in the cubes, work in layers: Fill an ice tray (one that makes large cubes so the ice will last longer) a quarter of the way with water, add flowers facing down, and freeze. Add more water to fill halfway, and freeze. Fill to the top, and freeze again.

In theory, you can keep ice cubes indefinitely, as water doesn't spoil; however, you need an ice-cube tray with a lid for this, otherwise the cubes can absorb unpleasant odours – such as when vegetables or other frozen items next to them get freezer burn (therefore, always pack everything correctly).

As a rule, you should use cold or room temperature water for flowers, Lachnit-Fields explains. As you prepare to add the stems to the vase, give them a fresh cut—especially if they had to travel by mail to land at your doorstep—then place in room temp or cooler water.

So, to avoid overwatering all you need to do is take a more measured approach. According to Reader's Digest, all it takes is placing two large ice cubes or several small ice cubes at the base of your plant once a week to keep them happy and hydrated. This way the plant gets to suck up all that H₂O slowly, but surely.

Put rose buds in the ice cube trays, top of flower facing down. Fill ice cube trays half way with water. Freeze.

Plants absorb water and nutrients through their roots and watering with ice could lead to insufficient water reaching the roots. "The slow melting of ice cubes may result in uneven watering and inadequate hydration for the entire root system," explains Lisa Madz, resident plant expert of Rosy soil.