To be perfectly honest I think this might result in over-crowding that inevitably leads to blight. The more flowers you put in the less vegetables you're likely to grow successfully. It might be best to think upwards in terms of flowers (climbers like sweet pea or clematis).
I disagree. French potager gardens have combined edible and ornamental plants for centuries and companion planting is a very well established pest control technique. It doesn't suit every vegetable or every flower. Solanaceae generally probably won't do well. But most salads, all the beetroot relations - chard, spinach and the like, most climbing beans and peas and pretty much any brassica will be perfectly happy cheek by jowl with flowers.
You will need to feed your soil and do some research into which veg and flowers have similar soil requirements. Don't put manure on your roses and then underplant them with carrots, for example. But personally I think mixed gardens can be really beautiful and there are plenty of them around to show that it's possible.
They even had one going at RHS Rosemoor last time I was up there.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
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I disagree. French potager gardens have combined edible and ornamental plants for centuries and companion planting is a very well established pest control technique. It doesn't suit every vegetable or every flower. Solanaceae generally probably won't do well. But most salads, all the beetroot relations - chard, spinach and the like, most climbing beans and peas and pretty much any brassica will be perfectly happy cheek by jowl with flowers.
You will need to feed your soil and do some research into which veg and flowers have similar soil requirements. Don't put manure on your roses and then underplant them with carrots, for example. But personally I think mixed gardens can be really beautiful and there are plenty of them around to show that it's possible.
They even had one going at RHS Rosemoor last time I was up there.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”