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plants to mature, fill the temporary space
with one-season eye-catchers like rainbow
chard or " Lemon Drop " peppers.
Edibles can be worked into existing garden
designs, of course. We frequently underplant
trees with grass, but the trees hate that. Fescue,
an extremely heavy feeder, competes for vital
nutrients that young trees desperately need.
They'll thank you if you replace the grass
with shallow-rooted plants like strawberries.
Also, swap in edibles in areas where you
normally plant flowering annuals. Mesclun
lettuce looks great with pansies, and both
thrive in cool weather. Try that this spring,
and decorate your salads with pansies.
Often edibles provide solutions for
problem areas. Many Virginians suffer the
eternal frustration of clay soil and wonder
if anything can survive it. Some thirsty,
" Lemon Drop " peppers.
twisty " Flying Dragon " hardy orange, the
only citrus that can grow in most of Virginia.
Vaguely reminiscent of a medieval torture
device, its deep contortions and talon-like
thorns wow even in winter, when the
structure is most visible.
Or, instead of a non-fruiting ornamental
cherry, plant a weeping mulberry. It will be
your children's favorite hideaway, complete
with built-in snacks. When you're putting
in a new perennial bed and waiting for the
Low-growing mints, like this chocolate
mint, make beautiful, albeit aggressive,
ground covers.
they're naturally contained by hardscaping.
Finally, most climbing edibles are
speedy annuals, zooming upward to
cover anything you don't want to look at
for the season. Scarlet runner beans or
Malabar spinach (one of the few heattolerant
greens) grow easily from seed
and prove far more attractive than chainlink
fences.
Strawberry plant.
shallow-rooted vegetables actually prefer clay,
though. Experiment with greens, brassicas
and legumes. The legumes (peas and beans)
are nitrogen-fixers as well, so they'll improve
the soil while they're feeding your family.
Fast-spreading herbal ground covers like
mint excel at stabilizing eroding banks or
hillsides. Mint or creeping thyme will also
jump to the task of colonizing areas where
lawn won't grow or you simply don't want
to mow anymore. They'll choke out weeds
and smell much better than grass. Of course,
like most ground-cover plants, these develop
extremely aggressively, so sow them only
where you want them to take over or where
Weeping mulberry.
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