Mixing Vegetables with palms

[PalmGuyWC]

My south facing vegetable garden was shaded over long ago by my neighbors trees and I've given up trying to grow tomatoes there. This year I'm mixing in tomatoes and green peppers with my palms in a prominent area with sun in my front. They will be visible from my street. Is this to tackey or what? The veggies will only be there for the summer then ripped out.

Dick

[Walter John]

Carrottya sp.

Kentiopsis peasoniorum

[peachy]

Dick if you like fresh food instead of the rubbish in the supermarket that has sat in cold stores for who knows how many months, then plant some. It doesnt matter what people passing by think....they will probably be plotting to steal some. A lot of the migrants from southern europe and parts of asia, turn every scrap of ground around their houses into vegetable gardens and nobody seems to comment. You can always put some sweet peas and ornamental kales around the edges to pretty it up. Last year I hid potatoes in between the agapanthus. Go for it, your garden is superb and a few vegies wont detract from it.

Peachy

[Breadfruit Bill]

I'm totally on board with this. Go for it! Incorporating food into our landscapes only makes sense. I am going to dedicate some of my first veggie crop to guerilla planting my families grounds.

Okra is a great crop in prominent areas with their pretty hibiscus style flowers being a focal point.

[Walter John]

Archokophoenix ?

quit while I'm behind

[Utopia Palms]

My south facing vegetable garden was shaded over long ago by my neighbors trees and I've given up trying to grow tomatoes there. This year I'm mixing in tomatoes and green peppers with my palms in a prominent area with sun in my front. They will be visible from my street. Is this to tackey or what? The veggies will only be there for the summer then ripped out.

Dick

There is room for all sorts plants in all gardens and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Go for it mix it up.

[redbeard917]

I agree that okra is attractive enough to be in ornamental beds. In my opinion peppers, especially the colorful ones, are as well.