What veg. to grow in a flower garden

[rary]

What veg would you grow in a flower garden, the flower plants will be begonias both upright and trailing, trailing geraniums, with dot plants of lilies and dahlias, I was thinking of using chard the variety bright lights, but is there any other veg you would recommend?

[veggiechicken]

Chard, beetroot, carrots, fennel, some of the kales have attractive leaves.

[Bren In Pots]

I'd grow Tuscan Kale and leeks both have good foliage.

[Penellype]

Depends what you find attractive - some of the lettuce mixes provide interesting colours. The dwarf runner bean Hestia has bi-coloured flowers which are pretty, but the beans are not great. Parsley and chervil have quite attractive leaves.

[Guest]

globe artichoke for structure/impact, crown peas (really lovely when flowering), dhudhi (climber, white flowers that come out at night), salsify (biennial flowering, but flowers are loved by bees so great to save own seed), amaranth (there are types for leaf and grain but lots of colour range),red orach/ atriplex, garlic can help fight off some pests and diseases, various CFB with their different coloured pods and flowers, oca for ground cover. Then there is all your herbs rosemary, sage, marjoram, mint (in sunken pots), chives, welsh onions.

Oops, how much space are you trying to fill? I find my veg just as pretty as flowers, can you tell?

[rary]

Oops, how much space are you trying to fill? I find my veg just as pretty as flowers, can you tell?

A couple of feet

No I have forty feet in length but will be spacing the dahlias and lilies along the length

[boatsman]

I would have thought it obvious, cauliflower of course.

[muck lover]

I pop parsley in anywhere I can. It’s one of those herbs you can use every day in fairly large quantities. And when it goes to seed it’s a lovely filler in a vase. After that the remains of the plant can be soaked in water with weeds/nettles or comfrey/borage to make a liquid feed.

[Lumpy]

Lemon thyme - smells nice, tastes good and the bee's love it.

Emporers Savoy for something structural.

Carrots or fennel - wafty foliage.

Crystal lemon Q's - trail and leave little yellow balls of happiness if the slugs don't muller them first.

[veggiechicken]

You should look at your question another way - What flowers to grow in a vegetable garden?
Maybe put some evergreen perennial structure amongst your flowers - lavender, rosemary, thyme, sage, even rhubarb so that there is always some interest in the bed.

[Guest]

Oh, or a good ole bay tree. If you want the odd shrub or tree there is Szechuan Pepper (otter farm have some you tube vids), I am trying salt bush this year https://www.foodforests.eu/products/...limus-saltbush or there is https://www.foodforests.eu/products/...erian-pea-tree. Yes some plants are ancient scavenging type plants but if it is primarily an ornamental border you are not losing a lot. Lavender aswell (biscuits/ bread/ dried etc)

[Chestnut]

Do you like eating Jerusalem artichokes or sunflower seeds?
Oregano, chives, garlic chives all have lovely flowers too.
Edible flowers such as nasturtiums https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=764

[ESBkevin]

I've got some purple dwarf French beens that the packet suggests mixing in the flower bed.

[Jimmy]

Some years ago I grew some sweet corn in our front flower bed.
One every few feet with their lovely foliage made a nice display, or so I thought.
The Wife and Kids objected, still the Kids have left home now so I grow what I want where I want.
The sweet corn did quite well!
Currently I grow yellow courgettes in the flower border and this year have plans for some pumpkins/squashes.
Jimmy

[Jungle Jane]

Basil looks nice when it flowers in the autumn with a tumbling cherry tomato,early purple broccoli,black radish,anything that doesn’t need staking. If you have a couple of small gaps you could successionally sow lettuce seeds to harvest for months. Carrots grow well with peas,could peas tumble over the side they’ll grow to face south so they’ll tumble where they want,nice on an edge of the bed?