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The Color Purple: Monochromatic Edible Container Garden
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Wallace Gardens
(IC: professional)
Have you been to a garden center or farmers market lately? They are starting to fill up with spring gardening gems. Just take a look at what I found!
Edible gardens are popular right now, and for good reason: you can eat what you grow, even if it's beautiful. Here is a container garden made up in shades of purple and lavender foliage and flowers, using edible plant materials. (NOTE: before consuming edible plant materials, make sure they are 100% certified organic, and better yet, grow them yourself so you have complete control over what goes into your garden.)
Even if you don't intend to eat what you grow, you can still create colorful container gardens using seasonal "edible" ingredients. This container garden is made up with plants readily available February through May, depending on what part of the country you reside.
Here's what I chose for this garden.
Clockwise from top left:
1. Brassica oleracea 'Red Delight' - three 4" pots
2. Everbearing Strawberry - two quart-size pots
3. Dianthus chinensis - two quart-size pots
4. Kale 'Red Bor' - one 2-3 gallon pot
5. Dark purple pansies - three quart-size pots
6. Mustard 'Red Giant' - two gallon-size pots
7. Alyssum (lavender) - two quart-size pots
8. White Violas - four to six quart-size pots (as fillers)
9. Center: Brassica oleracea 'Kamome Pink' - two quart-size pots
Maybe your favorite color is pink? Or red? Choose your own Monochromatic Color Scheme! I'll keep this garden growing with my favorite certified organic cow manure tea. Cheers!
More edible flower ideas, here:
http://www.hometalk.com/diy/gorgeous-edible-gardens-organically-1706699
gardening
Edible gardens are popular right now, and for good reason: you can eat what you grow, even if it's beautiful. Here is a container garden made up in shades of purple and lavender foliage and flowers, using edible plant materials. (NOTE: before consuming edible plant materials, make sure they are 100% certified organic, and better yet, grow them yourself so you have complete control over what goes into your garden.)
Even if you don't intend to eat what you grow, you can still create colorful container gardens using seasonal "edible" ingredients. This container garden is made up with plants readily available February through May, depending on what part of the country you reside.
Here's what I chose for this garden.
Clockwise from top left:
1. Brassica oleracea 'Red Delight' - three 4" pots
2. Everbearing Strawberry - two quart-size pots
3. Dianthus chinensis - two quart-size pots
4. Kale 'Red Bor' - one 2-3 gallon pot
5. Dark purple pansies - three quart-size pots
6. Mustard 'Red Giant' - two gallon-size pots
7. Alyssum (lavender) - two quart-size pots
8. White Violas - four to six quart-size pots (as fillers)
9. Center: Brassica oleracea 'Kamome Pink' - two quart-size pots
Maybe your favorite color is pink? Or red? Choose your own Monochromatic Color Scheme! I'll keep this garden growing with my favorite certified organic cow manure tea. Cheers!
More edible flower ideas, here:
http://www.hometalk.com/diy/gorgeous-edible-gardens-organically-1706699
gardening
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Published March 3rd, 2014 12:59 PM
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