Avant-Garde Designs: Tasty Landscape Layout collection features designs that treat edible plants as intentional landscape elements
How it works:
Your parameters:
Your growing zone
Size and shape of your area
Sun exposure and water level
Rectangular design with 3’-6’ tall plants on the back and sides, creating an enclosed feel for the design. All the plants featured have parts “black” in color, from vegetables and flowers to leaves. 12 different plants total, including peppers, salad leaves, and cut flowers.
Some recipe ideas:
Salsa made with tomatillo, jalapeno, and habanero (add tomatoes, onion and cilantro).
Steamed artichoke with lemon butter, roasted beets, a stir fry with bok choy, beet tops and bell pepper, served with your favorite meat or seafood.
Dried ground peppers, added to melted butter and drizzled on freshly popped popcorn.
Mizuna salad with pansy flowers and candied pansies on your favorite dessert.
What you see: design and description:
Black Beauties #1:
Size: 3’ x 5’
Zone 5-9
Water level: 3
Sun Exposure: full sun
What you get: design, description, also plant list and layout:
1. Corn: Dakota Black Popcorn, 16 QTY +
One of the earliest maturing and easiest to grow, tastes incredible.
2. Sunflower: Florenza, 16 QTY +
Cutting garden stunner that pollinators will love.
3. Snapdragon: Black Prince, 5 QTY
Heirloom variety, cutting flower that attracts bumblebees.
4. Tomatillo: Purple 3 QTY
Heirloom, sweet fruity flavor, eat fresh, make salsa or grill.
5. Artichoke: Colorado Star 1 QTY
Spiny leaves, early maturing and high yield plant, perennial in Zone 7 and above.
6. Jalapeno: Azabache Brown 1 QTY
Rich, smoky and sweet taste, turn brown as they ripen
7. Bell Pepper: Purple Beauty 1 QTY
Flavorful, juicy and crisp, will lose color during cooking.
8. Habanero: Chocolate 1 QTY
Hard to germinate, 110-120 days, start inside in colder climates.
9. Mizuna: Japanese Red Mustard 2 QTY
Long growing season, will turn a deeper shade of purple when exposed to colder temperatures, excellent in salads, soups, and stir fries.
10. Beet: Bull’s Blood 5-8 QTY
Sweet and tender, leaf tops most tender when harvested young, sow some for tops and others for roots.
11. Bok Choy: Purple Lady 2 QTY
Sweet and rich, excellent in stir fries.
12. Pansy: Bowles Black (V. Carnuta) 15 QTY +
Ground cover throughout, flowers can be eaten in salads or candied for desserts.
Always do your research on medicinal plants and their utilization.
Information pulled from a “million” different resources, compiled to give you a very brief overview of benefits, based on the design and other plants included. Always consult a knowledgeable practitioner before use.