Good-Looking Edible Greens

Edible and ornamental plants don’t need to be segregated. In fact, many edible crops have striking, architectural foliage that can look great in ornamental plantings. The concept of foodscaping—incorporating vegetables in with showier plants to create an edible landscape—has gained popularity for good reason. Growing your own food is more than just the satisfaction of growing something tasty to eat: It allows you to grow plants that aren’t readily available at your garden center and to control the chemicals applied to your food, if you opt to use any at all. And anyone can start with a packet of seeds.

If you mix vegetables in with perennial plants and shrubs, you can grow them the same way you would grow any annual.