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last year we did a lot of work to the garden, and this year we'll be digging up the grass and will have gravel / shingle paths. I'm was going to put some kind of edging in, but as I've just been dividing a few pots of chives, plus a shop bought parsley it got me thinking about edible edging. What edging do you use, or do you have any other bright ideas? Something that will look nice and is fairly robust / won't take lots of care

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Swiss Chard "Bright Lights".  Just sown it for a first time yesterday.  Sounds ok and is maintenance free.  Should last most of the year too.

Further on the herbs front, Joy Larckom (sp?) recommends chives as the border for a path - we'll be sowing some chives and garlic chives in our garden in a week or so to give this a go.  I think one or two people have mentioned using chives as the border for their beds on their plots.

How about red-veined sorrel?

thanks for the ideas - keep them coming  :)
I like the chard idea - nice a colourful, but am wondering if it would be a bit tall for edging, will try and find out? And thanks TISH, I have some red sorrel in a pot so now I know what to do with it!

Wild strawberries, Pretty edible and the bees like them

How about dwarf lavender?
Low maintenance.
Bees love em.
Some culinary uses.
Craft uses - pot pourii, lavender pillows, lavender water.

Wild strawberries are a long-time favourite of mine, but to use them as an edging would be like trying to herd cats, because they expand and drop roots faster than many weeds. For edging I'd prefer lavender if you can get a dwarf sort, and plug plants are cheap.

tanks for the suggestions  :)
I have some dwarf lavender on the plot, so I should have thought of that one  ::)

While it's not edible Germander makes an excellent edging plant. Gets knee high with very attractive pink flowers (that bees love) if you don't trim it. Grows fast, propagates easily, can be completely stooled and recovers from damage very quickly....

Here's another view...

Oooo that's very smart Saddad  8) Your plot?
Have looked Germander up on the T'interweb, and there seems to be a few varieties, a lovely silvery / grey one - which grows high and bushy, and then your smaller one. Do like the look of all it though  :)

Yep... the one behind the house...  :)