Is It Ok To Grow Herbs And Regular Flowers In A Planter Together ?
Posted by admin on February 7, 2010
im a complete gardener beginner. i have some flowers ( viola , english bluebells etc) and some herbs (thyme, corriander ). is it ok to plant them together in the same planter container ? i mean i hope to use the herbs for cooking , if they survive !!! i live in the uk.
Absolutely. Just be sure that none of the plants are too aggressive to take over the other or that one will not shade the other (unless it requires it). Also you can create pots combining vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers as long as they all compliment each other. There are also some plants that can help ward off pests, naturally so to protect the other plants in your pots. For example, Thyme wards of worms from cabbage. So you could even consider growing cabbage next to your thyme.
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Viola is not a problem – in fact it’s a herb. Nasturtiums are also good – you can eat the flowers. Bluebells are a bully and may take over the planter. Avoid poisonous plants like foxgloves, laburnum, lilac and euphorbia.
of course, it’s what cottage gardenings all about, years ago everything was mingled in the garden, potatoes, other veg etc. mingled with flowers and fruit, it’s what the old chocolate box paintings were all about, idillic!!!
Yes it is. Flowers, herbs, veg it’s all the same.
yes dear not a problem you cant plant anything you want together
old know all is right.
I once met a couple who planted Aconitum napellus, monkshood, to brighten up their herb garden.
When the wife picked some green leaves for a salad she included a few monkshood leaves by mistake. It was enough to give them both very bad stomach upsets.