Re: Flowers in the Veg. Garden

Dear Anne,
I go with the old standbys; nastursiums, marigolds, and sunflowers.  The 
other suggestion is herbs beside the vegetables they get along with.

Ruth Shultz


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>I've always put a few flowers into the vegetable garden, mostly for
>interest but also for possible insect-repellant properties.  In the past
>I used annuals, reseeding every year, but last year a neighbor gave
>me something that I think is Gaillardia--Indian Blanket?  It's daisy-
>like with two-toned flowers in shades of red and yellow.  It came
>back this year, which is good; it wants to take over my small vege-
>table garden, which is not so good--looks like I'll have to pull it all
>up to control it.
>
>Does anybody have favorite, easy-to-grow AND easily-controlled
>perennials for the vegetable garden?
>
>Thanks,
>
>--Anne
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Ruth Dorothy Shultz


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