Nothing like its pungent bottled version, it is very citrus and floral at the same time and a beautiful plant with lavender flowers to boot. One of my favorite natural fragrances is Citronella. Companion planting with assorted mint ground covers and thyme, also keeps their form beautifully all year while they keep biting pests at bay from you and your food. Plant these types of foods in morning sun and enjoy them most of the year. You’re looking at the bottom of a Santa Rosa Plum tree, kale, Swiss chard and lettuce that has gone to seed and a stem from my “Wonderful” Pomegranate. There are other edible, evergreens that are more drought tolerant than you’d think. Lemon Balm and other herbs aren’t the only perennials in the landscape. It is not only evergreen, it is super low water, medicinal, edible and a mosquito repellant. The beautiful ground cover below is Lemon Balm. easy to control and worth the trouble for sure. They also spread underground and cover more space each year as desired. We get as much as a pint a day each spring from one plant. Aside from a beauty of a vine almost all year, you get flowers and fruit. Blackberries do beautifully in the Central Texas Landscape and beyond. This Lemon Thyme with its variegated yellow and bright green leaves with its delicate puse/ lavender flowers. Pungent herbs are also deer resistant and have proven themselves in high populations. Thyme, oregano, mints of all kinds, stevia, parsley, oregano, rosemary, basil, cilantro (in cooler months) and so many more are either annual or perennial, and flower in shades of pink, white and purple. Watered by drip lines only, there is a treasure trove of fruit trees, edible flowers and herbs that grow freely in the Central Texas Landscape and here are just a few of my faves… This clearly Xeriscape design is a phenomenal example of food in the low water landscape. On the right is a lemon and just out of the photo is a plum. The two trees on the left are a Nectarine and an Apple with mint ground cover beneath them. The photo below is another example of stunning edible landscape with both feature and function. The front of this bed (above) is Kale and herbs, the remainder of the yard is fruit trees, herbs and perennial plants. it isn’t necessary to grow food in rows, the colors and textures pf herbs and even peppers and annual crops can be added to your perennial beds.Įdible landscapes don’t have to be square. The garden below is 80% edible including trees and flowers. The photo above is (from right to left), cilantro, Blaze Climbing Rose, Oregano, Rosemary, more flowering cilantro and dill in the front. Most people get bogged down with what a veggie, or herb bed should look like. While a few things you may try here in Central Texas will be a swing and a miss, there are a ton of native plants and herbs that provide food for you and wildlife, while providing flowers all season. Store bought fruit and vegetables are picked prematurely so they arrive a proper color on the outside, but the inside can be very different. I have said it for years and I’ll say it again, you have never tasted fruit, veggies or herbs until you eat them right from the garden, or grow it yourself.
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