That's a historical maintenance kind of thing. I don't generally waste time with plants I can't eat. I'm also planting cantaloupe in what passes for the flower beds up front.
I do NOT do ornamental for it's own sake.
If I want pretty gardens with flowers, I'll go to the Botanical Gardens.
/johnny
I recall a post where you said sun flowers (think it was sun flowers) were growing. Are those the bulbs you were talking about being on the property?
So, I don't need flowers to attract bees?
All the roses that died were David Austin roses and I used those due to their being strong and resisting disease. They were such beautiful pink roses of all shades. There was one that was pink with yellow tinge around the edges but it stubbornly was all yellow. That one yellow bush among the pinks.
I'll tell you guys something else. I can't look at a seed and picture anything growing from it - it just looks like a seed of nothing to me. That fault of mine may be changing as I know a seed made those Kentucky Wonder Bean plants come up. But I dealt with seeds all day yesterday while planting those things and they still look like nothing to me.
Rose petals are edible, and rose hips make good tea and are high in vitamin c. I always plant a few marigolds along with basil with my tomatoes, and sometimes a few carrots.
Violas are also edible, and so pretty.LOL