The invention relates to a cultivation method of edible chrysanthemum flowers, and belongs to the technical field of chrysanthemum flower cultivation. The method particularly comprises the steps that weakly acidic or neutral fertile sandy loam soil is selected, base fertilizer is applied sufficiently, and deep ploughing, airing, flattening and fine harrowing are conducted; at the beginning of May, branches which are better in growth vigor are selected, cutting seedlings are pruned, and seedling raising is conducted in a shading shed; when the cutting seedlings take roots and each sends forth two completely-spread new leaves, young seedling transplanting is conducted; work such as water controlling, fertilizer application and tip pruning needs to be paid attention to after transplanting is conducted, cultivating and weeding need to be well conducted, and the disease and insect preventing work needs to be well conducted; in the period from the end of October to the end of November, harvesting is conducted on sunny days, and the processing work and the storage work need to be well conducted on the harvested chrysanthemum flowers. The cultivation method is simple, planting of the edible chrysanthemum flowers is conducted through the cultivation method, the chrysanthemum flowers which are high in yield and quality can be obtained, the standard of the edible chrysanthemum flowers is met, and the produced chrysanthemum flowers are rich in selenium, can provide and supplement selenium for human bodies and are high in commodity value and beneficial for popularization.