Thyme will give the garden a nice mix of white florals with green foliage. It does well with strawberries and tomatoes, among others. It’s also a great choice for companion planting. Not only is this herb pretty, its an awesome plant for pollinators. Here are 7 Flavorful Perennial Herbs to add to the potager. There are so many varieties of culinary herbs, I’m going to share just a few of my favorite varieties to add some aesthetic beauty to the potager garden design. So this list will include some of my favorite easy to grow varieties. I mix some of my culinary herbs with some medicinal herbs because I find them all practical for a variety of uses in the kitchen and in the home.
It’s a blend of culinary herbs, vegetables, and florals to give it a visually appealing and romantic design. Culinary HerbsĪ potager garden is basically a French kitchen garden. When designing your potager, I typically go for pastels. Soft florals like tulips, daylilies, and Johnny jump ups make great additions to the potager design! I love adding a variety but sticking within the same color palette. Here’s some tips on pruning and trimming Eden’s climbing roses. And that’s where I’d like to grow the Eden Climbing Roses.ĭavid Austin Roses also make great additions to the potager garden design. My plans are to convince my husband that I need a trellis arch over my purple garden gate as an entrance to the greenhouse gardens. I feel that it’ll give a perfect English cottage and romantic vibe that I’m going for. I love the Eden climbing rose, especially for the fuller blooms it provides. This will be a new edition to my potager garden this year. I have used their seeds for years and the quality is hard to beat, in my opinion. If you like climbing vines, these are a great edition.Ībout 90% of my garden seeds comes from Seed Savers Exchange. These vines have the cutest fern like foliage. They’re great along fence lines and trellises. Morning Glory are easy to grow and they provided me with blooms nearly all summer long. The add a bit of whimsy and stunning appearance to the potager garden design and layout. I love to add climbing vine florals along my fence lines surrounding the potager garden. Here are a few of my favorite herbs and flowers to add to my potager garden design.
In addition to adding these to the potager garden design, I like to have some florals and herbs in pots scattered around the deck, front porch and even inside the home. Here’s a few of my favorites that aren’t too hard to find or grow. I love adding a variety of culinary herbs mixed with flowers and medicinal herbs to my gardens. I’m pretty excited that they are already laid out!Īnd you know, I totally saved my purple gate from the old house! All of this dead and brown land will soon be filled with greens and plenty of color! Herbs and Flowers for a Potager Garden Can you just see the potential on the sides of the brick pathway? I’m not sure what was growing here previously, but my plans are to make this area the new front of the potager garden. I know its pretty brown and gross looking, but this is the future home of my greenhouse and the greenhouse garden areas. I have plans to add walkways and fencing so all of the gardens can be accessed together. This new potager garden will also flow into the greenhouse and raised garden beds. And not completely across the yard as I had at our old home. The new potager garden will be a true kitchen garden since I’ll be able to access it from my kitchen door. Last year, I shared some of my plans for designing the potager garden.Īnd this year, it’s a completely new project! New land and completely new design and structure. Potager Garden DesignĪs I begin planning the gardens, I’m sharing some of my favorite herbs and flowers for a potager garden. This land is beautiful and has an amazing layout already. So, I’m pretty eager to share the completion with all of you once I’m able to get going on that project. We moved in the middle of winter and with snow covered grounds. Since the move, all of our gardens will be starting over from scratch. So, I’m planning out my new potager garden right now. With the cabin fever, the ice and snow storms, and bitter temperatures, I am ready to get my hands back in the soil. It almost seems a little crazy to be planning a garden right now. Have you been building up your home kitchen garden? I’m sharing a few of my favorite flowers and herbs to add to the potager garden design.