Edible Landscape Elements: Foundation Plants

Foundation plants help soften the sharp angles and edges of houses or other types of structures.  They could be any combination of shrubs, small trees or large perennials.  But lest you think I’m all about all edible plants all the time, {it’s true, I usually am} I can recognize that sometimes an evergreen thrown in here and there will help give the yard some form and interest in the wintertime.   Ok and flowers too, though not in the wintertime.   Combining your edible foundation plants with a few evergreens or flowers will make this area of your yard very nice.

Try your hand at any of these for your foundation plantings:

So try places like Gurney’s Seed and Nursery and Henry Fields Seed and Nursery for the more common items and geesh, I’m still looking for good sources for some of the others.    Don’t worry I will shout it from the mountain tops when I find them!  Or hey, if you know a good source, please let me know!