A Successful Victory Garden Edible Landscape

Posted by Angela England Apr 17, 2009

A recent article series about edible landscaping has been very popular and brought many reader questions. The biggest questions being whether you can mix edible vegetables and herb plants into your regular home gardens. The answer, of course, is "Yes!" - these plants can be mixed in with other ornamentals with no problems.

Why waste time growing a fancy plant that isn't "good for anything", if you can grow a plant such as chamomile, that still looks beautiful, but can be made into a tasty and healthy tea? Many gardeners who are looking for ways to save money on groceries, or increase their family's health by eating home-grown produce, are beginning to investigate edible landscaping options to keep a garden looking beautiful at the same time.

Here's the round up for edible landscaping how-to's, and plant selections:

Safety and How-To Tips for Edible Landscaping will remind you about some of the important gardening things to keep in mind for a successful victory garden.

Now the trick is to add in your edible plants naturally through the landscape. Use these climbing edible plants for vertical interest in the garden along fences, trellis and porch rails. Plant these low-growing herbs and vegetables as ground covers or edging plants instead of the typical creeping plants that don't add any value to the kitchen.

Many flowering plants are also edible including these edible perennials, ornamental shrubs and annual plants with edible flowers. Gardeners who want to grow more produce in their garden should consider switching out some of their ornamental plants and replacing them with these edible flowers or vegetables instead.

Remember that victory gardens aren't made up entirely of edible flowering plants, as these dark colored foliage plants or red colored foliage plants will prove to you. Think colorful foliage to increase the curb-appeal of your victory garden.