Vegetables have mastered the flower bed. Blue-gray heads of red cabbage are scattered between dahlias and zinnia, and yellow marigolds are accompanied by purple kohlrabi. The idea of combining utility and ornamental plants in one bed is not new. Both in country and palace gardens, cabbage and other vegetables have always occupied exposed places. The most famous example is the garden at Castle Villandry in the Loire Valley in France. Also in the Potsdam's Charlottenhof, closer to our borders, today, just like almost 200 years ago, you can admire corn and aubergines decorating garden assumptions, modeled on Italian designs.
Which vegetables positively influence the attractiveness of the garden?
Vegetable plants in dark red and purple colors are especially effective. A new variety worth recommending is the dark red kale ' Redbor’. A plant with a beautiful habit and unusual color of leaves can confidently reign in many flower beds. It is enough to plant one specimen in a small bed to create an interesting composition. Colorful kale looks particularly elegant among plants with silver-gray leaves, such as the one-year-old manSenetio maritimaor a lesser-known species of lavenderLavandula stoechas
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Depending on the size of the garden, it is worth finding a place to organize the vegetables in a separate place (Image: Fotolia.com) |
Perennials with yellow flowers, such as the slopeCoreopsis , as well as annual plants, such as nasturtiums and zinnias, will help to conjure up a cheerful, colorful arrangement. Certainly, the flower bed where purple cauliflower ' Grafitti ' will flourish in the company of creamy white marigolds or white and pink flowersCosmos
Beets and cranberries beautifying the garden
Leaf beetroot has long been a significant item among ornamental varieties of vegetables. It is worth checking in your own garden how attractive the combination of the red-leaved cranberryHeucherwith the yellow variety of this beet looks like. The stiffly erect leaves of the vegetable also blend in very well with the blue flowered, slack stems of PoszarskiCampanulaposcharskyana pillow bell. Popular, fast-growingpumpkin vegetables , such as zucchini and squash, can climb the trellis along with other annual climbing plants.The numerous pink flowers of the sweet peaLathyrusodorata and the bright blue of the tricolor Ipomoea tricolor go perfectly with the large yellow zucchini flowers.
Raised flower bed
Artichokes, 'Toscana di Nero' kale and nasturtiums grow very well on a raised bed and look beautiful. You can expect good yields even from a small area. The secret of lush plant growth lies in the ground: slowly decomposing plant debris warms the soil and gradually releases nutrients.
Harvesting vegetables from a mixed decorative patch is possible and even necessary. Zucchini fruits taste best when they are quite small. Colorful, fleshy leaf petiolesbeetrootleafyprepare asasparagus , andleaf bladeslike spinach. Purple cauliflower, on the other hand, is an excellent ingredient of many salads and salads.
