For those that are looking for a plant or two to get them started in their food growing efforts…here are a few ideas that are also ornamental. Each of these plants has become a reliable plant in the garden.  Some serve multiple purposes, as in ground cover and bee nectar plant. Florence fennel (for bulb and seeds) beans (lima/pole/bush) Thai Red Roselle (for calyxes and edible leaf) mint (for edible leaf) Sweet potato (for edible tuber)