A mixed garden is the trend

There was a lengthy article (“Who put lettuce in my daffodils?”) in the Wall Street Journal today, reporting the trend of having a mixed flowers and veggies garden.  In advocating the mixed garden the past few years, I am either not alone or ahead of time.

Martha Dickinson (Emily's niece) remembered her aunt's garden “rich confusion was its aim. . . you want to come upon mignonette in unexpected places, and to find sprays of heliotrope in close consultation with roses . . . No stiffness, no ceremony.”

Our last year garden was a scene of chaotic confusion, diverse and rich. The elite flowers competed for attention in the central square, Italian squash entangled with roses, zinnias flirted with tomatoes and the fuchsia in the hanging basket tried to lure (拋媚眼) the red hot peppers down below.