What decorative items do you have in your potager?
chickadeemelrose
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What flowers do you grow in your potager?
Comments (18)Yep, that's the same info I have read before, celticgarden. Definitely going to try Hidcote this year in pots, and maybe even try to overwinter them indoors . I'm still working on incorporating more flowers into my potager plans--so far I've given up a few precious veggie square feet to Roman Chamomile (said to be a great pest deterrent, we'll see!), plenty of marigolds of course, and some nasturtiums. I think the rest of the space in my raised beds will be used for true edibles though, from herbs to veg, asparagus (own bed) and strawberries (own bed). The rest of my flowers are going to end up going directly in-ground in several places, with a few in pots for some height and added interest. I kind of feel like I need more color, but then again I am planting a bunch of interestingly colored edibles...purple queen bush beans, a few different peppers, 4 types of heirloom tomatoes of different colors, both red and green cabbages in a checkerboard, several colored mesclun green mixes including an all-red one I'm really excited about (Valentine), and of course the lovely textures and colors of an all-herb bed....See MoreWhere do you put flowers in your potager?
Comments (6)I like to have annual flowers mixed in liberally with the vegetables, a nice mix that attracts pollinators and other beneficial insects. Borage, cosmos, cleome, nasturtium, sunflowers, etc. I also like to have a perennial area near the vegetable beds, a spot for salvia, penstamon, chives, lavender, rosemary, etc. And of course I have to have some roses planted here and there. I keep my fruiting plants in a separate area because I'm pretty serious about growing fruit and so I like to give them plenty of space. In general I like to have lots of flowers scattered about providing color and attracting insects all around the garden. I like a wild look, slightly unkempt and with a few pretty weeds allowed to grow here and there....See MoreWhat new flowers are you planting in your Potager this year?
Comments (9)I am trying Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate again. So far no germination. It needs a cold period to germinate apparently. I don't think we get cold enough in Atlanta to get it going! But I have had it sent to me, and it grows well in heat and humidity as long as it gets enough moisture. Helenium again, also needs cold to germinate. It is perennial and gorgeous. I have an orange. There is now a beautiful double yellow variety on the market I would love to get my hands on. It is hard to find here. Not many people grow it. It did beautifully for me last year!! I just added some tiny little "Tiny Hot" peppers to the potager. Their colors are the rainbow in little tiny marbles! Between them will go Solan or Dwarf Tiger Eye marigolds which just fly through heat and humidity like no other marigold I've ever grown!! I planted seedlings of those (they re-seed into the pebble paths of the cottage garden). Some dwarf creeping zinnias will also go in. I'm mainly looking to add flowers to the perimeter of the beds, and keep the interiors colorful with the veggies. I planted Spiranthes too. Also called Eyeball or Toothache plant. They are red and yellow and would look great with the marigolds. Sunday I plant to begin doing a lagsana bed adjacent to the raised beds of the potager area...a friend is moving and giving me rose after rose...and I have some shrubs...something to hide the chain link. GGG...See MoreDo you square-foot garden within your potager?
Comments (19)I guess I am like alot of you. I use a bit of this style and that style. This is just my second year with my potager so it's still a work in progress, but I finally figured out how to get pictures on the web, so I am including a link here for you to see. As for Square Foot gardening, I'd say that I do use a good many principles from it, though not all. I did not make Mel's mix. I had two horse trailer loads of composted horse manure delivered and I worked that into my incredibly tight native clay along with compost, leaves, and any other organic material I could get my hands on. Each time I plant a new crop (3 times a year), I add more manure and compost to the beds. This spring I have been digging peat moss into the beds, per Mel's advice. I believe it is helping the soil to stay moist longer. We are already hitting into the nineties everyday and the soil in my raised beds dries out pretty fast. I was pleasantly surprised last year to see just how much food I could grow in such small areas, but it does make it doubly important to supply plenty of nutrition and water. I am already learning important lessons this year. Our warm early March seduced me into planting too early. After several weeks of watching tomatoes, squash and cucumbers sit there and not grow, I pulled them out and replanted. I am now the proud owner of many marble sized green tomatoes! :) NEXT YEAR I will plant a couple of tomatoes in pots early on and wait until my new soil thermometer tells me the ground has warmed to 70 degrees before putting plants in the ground. Here is a link that might be useful: Second spring in my potager...See Morelavender_lass
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