Plants with colorful foliage or stems
‘Burgundy‘ okra (red stems)
‘Bright Lights’ chard (stems are mixed colors)
Kale (deep green or purple)
Malabar spinach (climber with red stems)
Mesclun (green, red, purple)
Mustard (green or purple)
Purple basil
Purple sage
Red lettuce (Romaine or leaf)
Red cabbage
‘Ruby’ chard (bright red stems and veins)
Tricolor sage
Plants with colorful fruits, roots, flowers
Beans (colorful flowers, green or purple pods)
Beets
Blackberries
Blueberries (also white flowers, red fall foliage)
Bush cherry
Carrots
Chives (pinkish-purple spring flowers)
Cucumbers (yellow blossoms)
Currants
Eggplant (colorful flowers, white or purple fruits)
Gourds
Grapes
Hardy kiwi
Melons (yellow flowers)
Nasturtiums (edible flowers of many colors)
Okra (green or purple pods)
Pansies (edible flowers of many colors)
Peas (colorful flowers, green or purple pods)
Peppers and hot peppers
Potatoes (gold, blue, white)
Pumpkins (yellow flowers, orange fruits)
Purple cauliflower
Radicchio
Radishes
Raspberries
Squash (yellow flowers)
Strawberries (white flowers, red fruits)
Tomatoes and cherry tomatoes
Plants with interesting texture or form
Asparagus
Bok choy
Brussels sprouts
Carrots
Celery
Chard
Chives
Collards
Coriander (a.k.a. cilantro)
Corn
Dill
Fennel
Garlic
Horehound
Kale
Leeks
Lettuces (head, looseleaf, Romaine)
Mints (invasive; grow in container)
Okra
Onions
Parsley
Rhubarb
Rosemary
Sage (‘Berggarten,’ purple, tricolor, pineapple)
Spinach
Sweet potatoes
Good edging plants for an edible garden
Alyssum (not edible)
Carrots
Chamomile
Chervil
Chives
Leaf lettuce
Mustard
Nasturtiums
Onions
Oregano
Pansies
Parsley
Strawberries
Thyme (green, silver or lemon)
