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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: Sparkly on October 19, 2007, 22:55:58

Title: flower bed on the lottie
Post by: Sparkly on October 19, 2007, 22:55:58
What is in yours? I need a few ideas as I really have no idea about non-edible plants.
Title: Re: flower bed on the lottie
Post by: Biscombe on October 19, 2007, 23:00:41
Edible flowers! nastursiums, violas, calendula....................................
Title: Re: flower bed on the lottie
Post by: Eristic on October 19, 2007, 23:16:43
(http://bluewisteria.co.uk/flowers/images/canna/canna_ambassador_group.jpg)

How about some Canna.
Title: Re: flower bed on the lottie
Post by: Deb P on October 19, 2007, 23:17:14
I have a small flower bed at the front of my lottie, I started it because it was the worst bit of soil being behind the front fence, full of bindweed and couch and I did not think veg would like it much. Also I inherited a few Flowers when I took over the plot and wanted to move them somewhere!

There is a small buddleia, which the bees love, a Daphne which has a lovely scent in winter, I grew some cardoons from seed for a bit of height which have flowered their first year (the ornamental variety Florist's Cardi), some perennial Marguerite type flowers with the usual daisy like blooms. I grew different Calendulas, Nasturtiums and white foxgloves (biannual) from seed as a bit of annual colour. I also have a little herb bed with Rosemary bushes I moved and chives I split form a clump found in a bucket...it looked good in the summer and will also look good in the winter too. I'm planning Wallflowers for an early Spring show!

A few pics of it in the summer...

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dlp133/24july2007014.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dlp133/24july2007016.jpg)

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dlp133/24july2007015.jpg)
Title: Re: flower bed on the lottie
Post by: markfield rover on October 20, 2007, 11:00:58
In fact of in a mo to plant, sweet williams.wall flowers.daffs, dahlias will over-winter also icelandic poppies  so plenty of
cut flowers from spring.Then in spring ,sun flowers. snap dragons,straw flowers and many more I haven't been to the florist since March.oh yes millions of sweet peas which I will sow next week. good luck.