Fix the unenviable traffic flow and spread out your too - humble concrete patio to make an enjoyable place to sit and unstrain . To really mistreat up the functionality of this makeover , border your patio with an attractive edible landscape painting that will create a beautiful passage from terrace to lawn .
Expand your concrete patio with an edible landscape
pop out by expand the patio to lodge well-to-do seating . Use new textile that divvy up the same color range as the original , even if they dissent in their scale . Here , concrete lame on one destruction and a crushed stone pad along the other sharpness put out the patio and create more usable space . Rather than putting the seating region in the eye of the patio , labor it to the side to admit 3 to 4 foundation between the deck steps and the back of thechair . This lets traffic move around easily .
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Design your garden beds with attractive fruits and vegetables
What ’s so great about an edible landscape painting ? Many fruit and vegetable plants also have many other pragmatic welfare that add to a well - designed garden . Here ’s a footrace down of how to plan an edible landscape with attractive plant :
Double - duty edibles that are tasty and gorgeous
How to care for and harvest this edible landscape
Here ’s how to get the plants in this design :
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Highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum‘Patriot ’ )
TypeShrubBloomsWhite flowers in spring , edible drab summer Charles Edward Berry , red declination foliageLightFull sun to part shadeSize5 to 8 foot . magniloquent and wideHardinessCold - intrepid in USDA zones 5 to 8Number to plant4
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Kale ( Brassica oleracea‘Lacinato ’ )
TypeLeafy greenFoliageBlue - green , deep corrugated leavesLightFull sun to part shadeSize2 to 3 ft . grandiloquent and wideNumber to plant8
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Dwarf pear ( Pyrus communis‘Kieffer ’ )
TypeTreeBloomsWhite flowers in spring , yellowed - green fruit in autumnLightFull sunSize12 to 15 ft . magniloquent , 10 ft . wideHardinessCold - hardy in USDA zones 4 to 9Number to plant1
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Thyme ( Thymus vulgaris )
TypePerennial herbBloomsPale purple efflorescence in early summer , small , redolent leavesLightFull sunSize6 to 12 in . tall , 12 to 18 in . wideHardinessCold - audacious in USDA zones 5 to 9Number to plant18
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Swiss chard ( genus Beta vulgaris‘Bright Lights ’ )
TypeLeafy greenFoliageUpright plant with bright stems of ruby , Au , orangish , pink , white or purpleLightFull sunSize18 to 24 in . tall , 9 to 12 in . wideNumber to plant8
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Mesclun ( Paris Market Mix )
TypeLeafy green ; mix of Cichorium endivia , chicory , chicory escarole , lettuce , Eruca vesicaria sativa and chervil best when reap youngLightFull sunSize5 to 10 in . tall and wide ; sow seeds to occupy the containers
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flower crab apple ( Malus transitoriaGolden Raindrops ® )
TypeTreeBloomsWhite bloom in give , scandalmongering yield in summerLightFull sunSize15 to 20 ft . tall , 10 to 15 ft . wideHardinessCold - hardy in USDA zones 3 to 8Number to plant1
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Mealycup sage ( Salviaxsylvestris‘May Night ’ )
TypePerennialBloomsPurple blossom spikes in former springLightFull sun to part shadeSize18 to 24 in . improbable and wideHardinessCold - hardy in USDA zones 4 to 9Number to plant7
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Currant ( Ribes rubrum‘Red Lake ’ )
TypeShrubBloomsInconspicuous yellow - green flower in spring , cluster of bright red yield in summerLightFull sunSize3 to 5 ft . grandiloquent and wideHardinessCold - hardy in USDA zones 3 to 7Number to plant2
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Alpine strawberry ( Fragaria vesca‘Alexandria ’ )
TypePerennialBloomsWhite heyday in previous outflow , red yield through summerLightFull to part sunSize6 to 12 in . magniloquent , 9 to 12 in . wideHardinesCold - hardy in USDA zones 5 to 10Number to plant17
