Today’s flower is a gladiolus, with many tomato flowers behind it. I planted four heirloom tomatoes, with names like Bloody Butcher and Cocktail True Red. They are probably too close together, but are flourishing and all have flowers and small tomatoes on them.
The glad counts as an heirloom too, because I’m not sure where it came from, but these pale orange ones have appeared in our garden each year. Maybe they’ve been here longer than we have?
I’m happy to have flowers and veges in the same bed. The only place I keep them separated is in the raised bed, which is limited to veges and herbs only, although the occasional volunteer flower sneaks in.
My plants all nestle in together
support each other through bad weather
Ruth's Reflections 
I love gladiolus! I grew them a few seasons but then didn’t have anyplace to plant them again. Now I am in a new home so perhaps I will try again. They are so beautiful.
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I just leave them in the ground, and they come up every year, always looking spectacular. They do need staking. I grow most of them next to the fence.
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I did that too! The last time I planted them though it was in a planter and they didn’t grow well. I remember when I was younger and worked in a garden center. We sold bouquets of them. I remember someone telling me that if I ever planted them to make sure I pulled those bulbs up every fall! Hahaha, I never did and each year they were more beautiful than the year before. I will have to try again!
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My sister has given me a black tomato plant. I don’t know if it will do much now, though.
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No harm in trying!
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