Ideas For Edible Landscaping

| Wednesday, June 18, 2014
By Darren Hartley


Miniatures and dwarfs as part of edible landscaping ideas grow just 4 to 5 feet tall. They are perfect for growing inside large pots or whiskey barrels. Rhubarb, on the other hand, is so pretty that it would be a shame to relegate it to a vegetable garden.

Beautiful plants are part and parcel of good-tasting edible landscaping ideas. A prime example would be grapevines. They are better grown two at a time up over an arbour. When it is not time for grape harvesting, their leaves, which are either green or tinged by autumn color, can be used to decoratively line plates and platters.

Edible landscaping ideas that are expensive to buy at the supermarket but a snap to grow at home are raspberries. Concern over having too much of them all at once can be eradicated by planting the ever-bearing type, which only produces from midsummer to frost. They can be planted in an out of the way corner of the yard as they perform well in light to medium shade.

Attractive plant mixtures from edible landscaping ideas include hot peppers ripen to rich colors and annual flowers including marigolds and vinca. Better than they do in traditional vegetable gardens, tomatoes grow better in flower beds. This can be attributed to the fact that they should be moved to a different spot from year to year for disease prevention. Such movement is not so feasible on a vegetable patch where space is often limited.

Containers can be good edible landscaping ideas as many vegetables lend themselves beautifully in them. Window boxes are gorgeous housings for lettuces in various colors. Large pots are ideal for patio-type tomatoes.

Brightening salads is one aftermath from the execution of edible landscaping ideas. Edible flowers are all that are required to do the trick. Nasturtiums and violas can be grown in the garden and their petals can be tossed in with lettuce to make a pretty good looking and tasting salad.




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