Yellow dock leaves (Rumex crispus)
Can you see those little leaves peeking out from the green flowers? They are slightly sour and slightly bitter and altogether delish in salads. Be sure to get the ones from the curly dock (R. crispus); the leaves of the more common broad dock (R. obtusifolia) are way too bitter for my taste buds. Both of them are yellow dock and their roots are used interchangeably.

Daisy leaves (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Whoever wrote that old book Please Don’t Eat the Daisies was way off base. It ought to be entitled Please Don’t Eat the Buttercups. Daisy blossoms perk up any old salad; the leaves add an exotic taste to salads. They are vulnerary and slightly numbing, so don’t add too many or you may bite your tongue while chewing.

Fairy roses (Rosa species)
These beautiful pink roses creep over the ground. Their local name is “fairy rose.” Is it wild? Did it escape from cultivation? All around me roses are blooming in a riot of colors and forms. They are all wonderful in summer salads, so long as they are not sprayed with chemicals.