Add Beauty to the Garden With Vegetables

Noelle JohnsonNoelle JohnsonUpdated: Apr. 24, 2020

You may not think of vegetables as being particularly attractive in the garden.  We are most often focused on how

You may not think of vegetables as being particularly attractive in the garden.  We are most often focused on how delicious they will taste once we pick them.

But, I invite you to look at them in a different way – as plants that not only fill your kitchen with fresh produce BUT as plants that can add beauty to the garden.

Flowering Broccoli

Artichoke (often used as an ornamental in the garden)

Curly Leaf Lettuce

Onion Bud

Cauliflower (full sun can cause them to turn purple)

Heirloom Tomato

Swiss Chard

Cucumber Flower

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Cabbage

Onion Flower

Which is your favorite ornamental vegetable?

Originally Published: May 28, 2013

Noelle Johnson
Noelle Johnson
Noelle Johnson is a horticulturist and certified arborist who lives and gardens in the desert Southwest. When she is not writing or helping other people with their gardens, you can find her growing fruits and vegetables, and planting flowering shrubs and maybe a cactus or two.