[Garden] Flowers and rain

J. Rochon jrochon at uwaterloo.ca
Fri May 8 14:21:34 EDT 2009


Gardeners,
                 I agree with both of you. I am not likely to have the 
choice. Monday, during UW Blooms, I will just have a chance to say to 
myself "That looks pretty, I'll get it for the garden". I'll keep an eye 
out for dual purpose plants.
> Maybe we could find some plants that are both ornamental and edible?  
> I know rose hips are tasty, and the flowers of pansies, calendula, 
> chamomile, lavender, and many peas are edible.  Artichokes are quite 
> beautiful if left to bloom, and there's the rather obvious sunflower.
>
> I think Jen makes a good point about the importance of attracting 
> pollinators too!
>




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