Companion Planting
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» Carol Wallace - Parsley
I planted parsley in my garden a few years back as a butterfly plant - and discovered that, in addition, it made a really great companion for Marine heliotrope - in fact at a nearby herb farm I saw an oval bed bordered with the parsely and filled in with purple heliotrope that was really outstanding.I love nasturtiums for their look, and I also love to add both leaves and flowers to salads for color (Alaska is especially colorful with its vareigations) but I also plant them near roses as an aphid trap.
And consider that many veggies are downright gorgeous!
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» KeithM_4 - Companion planting
Carol,Glad to know I'm not the only one that loves veggies in the flower garden!
On another vein, I was a guest on a ZD TV cable show last Thursday called "Call for Help." It's a computer/technology show and I was able to call up Suite101 on the air and explain about the site. I was wondering if anybody out there actually saw it? I received one e-mail from a stranger, so I know it aired. It's supposed to be available to 14 million homes!
-- posted by KeithM_4
» Carol Wallace - WOW!
You showed us to the world??? Cool! Even if no one caught the URL, the more aware they become of the name the more liklely they are to remember us and look us up next time they run across our names. Did you show them your own column?? ;-)Actually, I LOVE veggies in the flower garden. Okra for instance, is as nice as a hybiscus - they're related and have similar flowers - the red okra is especially nice. And what about a really beautiful vegetable like eggplant? Talk about a nice contrast tin texture!
But I have always grown herbs intermixed with perennials because I tend not to make a distinction in what their purpose is when it comes to filling out the beds - if I want a hazy silver with a bit of purple I plant a lavender, and when I want something to tumble down the rocks in the raised bed I go for thyme - I spend as much time gathering salad ingredients in the flower beds as I do in the actual veggie area.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
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