7 Best Flower For Vegetable Garden!
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7 Best Flower For Vegetable Garden!

The flowers in the garden? When we speak of associations, we spontaneously think: “leeks which prefer strawberries”, but more rarely to flowers. And that’s a shame because they really deserve a special place.

Why install flowers in the vegetable garden?

It’s pretty simple and it boils down to three points:

• Flowers are useful because they contribute to the abundance of crops by attracting pollinators, essential actors in the formation of fruits. In addition, they shelter and nourish valuable auxiliaries and repel certain pests, which is essential when gardening organically,

• they are decorative and thus allow the vegetable garden to be displayed without complexity,

• they gracefully decorate the vases with charming summer bouquets.

What plants to flower the vegetable garden?

Any annual is fine, but here is a selection of plants, in case you miss an idea, tested and approved, that, sown under cover today or planted in May, will be on top all summer.

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1) The Marigold: classic and efficient

In our country, as in many gardens, the marigold takes place between the rows of tomatoes, for its nematicidal virtues, but not only. Instead, I use the dwarf varieties which offer a nice ball shape, which allows them to slip easily between all the vegetables.

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2) The nasturtium: aphid catcher and colorful touch in salad

Everything is charming in the nasturtium: its round leaves, its bright colors, the fact that it is edible (guaranteed effect in a salad). Aphids love it too. She is attacked regularly, but always recovers a valiant trapper as part of a diversionary strategy!

♥ I like it: she reseeds spontaneously without ever becoming invasive, perfect for laid back gardeners.

3) The cosmos: flowery and easy to succeed

With the cosmos, you will be spoiled for choice, both in terms of size and color. If the varieties with great development are more intended for beds, dwarfs (like the Sonata series) are perfect at the edge of the plot.

♥ I like: at the end of the season, hold back and avoid the big cleaning, you can admire the spectacle of goldfinches pecking the last seeds.

4) Zinnia: robust and colorful

I buy them as a mix because their warm colors and the geometry of their flowers never cease to amaze me. Their style, a little rustic, is in line with their behavior: ultra-easy to grow and very resistant.

♥ I like: they allow you to make beautiful bouquets

5) Sunflower: XS or XXL, your choice!

Children’s favorite flower for the vegetable garden! When they were small, I grew dwarf varieties, very stocky, which in autumn took on the appearance of goblins (just remove a few seeds to outline the eyes, nose and mouth). The children have grown up and so have the sunflowers: we are in the “competition” varieties (‘Mamuth’, ‘Mongolian Giant’, ‘Russian Giant’) and every year we try to beat our record (3.2 meters) with an excellent compost reinforcement, watering, but also solid issues. In other words, they are not grown in the middle of vegetables, the competition would be unfair, but on a dedicated plot.

♥ I like: leave the heads there, it will be an “open bar” for the birds!

6) Lupine, more or less perennial, but a good companion

I don’t usually put perennials in the vegetable garden, because with the rotations, everything moves very quickly and they would encumber me quickly. The only exception is lupine because I find it magnificent and it belongs to the leguminous family (these plants have the particularity of fixing atmospheric nitrogen in the soil) which makes it a companion plant of first choice. Be careful, although reputed to be ephemeral, he sometimes plays extra time if the terrain suits him. In the vegetable garden, it is better to opt for an annual variety.

♥ I like: its flowers, grouped in an erect spike, are appreciated by bumblebees and bees, it is fascinating to see how they take hold of the pollen.

7) Borage: countless qualities, but …

It is a vigorous plant, known to be very honeyed. It offers beautiful blue starry flowers, decorative and edible in addition. She is even said to be able to keep slugs at bay (it’s not obvious, but my slugs can be really voracious). If borage is only last on the list, it’s because we’ve been a bit cold lately. It has undeniable qualities, but also a “small defect”, at least with us: it reseeds without counting to the point of becoming almost invasive. My advice: do not deprive yourself of it, but set it up well away from growing areas or sharpen your hoe!

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