Color-Themed Edible and Ornamental Plants: Blue-Gray, Bronze, Orange, Purple, Red, Silver, Variegated, and Yellow Selections

Color-Themed Edible and Ornamental Plants

Check catalogs and nurseries for these colored fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers:

• Blue-gray: Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Red/White Russian kale, 'Silver Shield' sorrel.
• Bronze: Bronze fennel, 'Revolution' lettuce.
• Orange: Beets, calendula, carrots, eggplant, marigolds, nasturtiums, peppers, pumpkins, Swiss chard, tomatoes.
• Purple: Basil, beans, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, eggplant, lettuce, ornamental alliums, peppers, perilla (shiso), scarlet runner beans, sweet alyssum, tomatoes, violas.
• Red: Apples, beets, eggplant, 'Giant Red' mustard, lettuce, peppers, sunflowers, Swiss chard, tomatoes.
• Silver: Artichoke, curry plant (Helichrysum italicum), dianthus, dwarf garden sage, santolina, sea kale (Crambe maritima).
• Variegated foliage: Comfrey, raspberries, sage, salad burnet, strawberries, 'Sweet Dumpling' winter squash, thyme, variegated watercress, 'White Anniversary' oregano.
• Yellow/lime: Apples, beans, calendula, golden feverfew, golden hops, golden lemon balm (Melissa officinalis 'Aurea'), golden oregano, lettuce, lime thyme, marigolds, peppers, sunflowers, Swiss chard, tomatoes, violas, zucchini.