What are the names of potted plants for the balcony that are both edible and attractive?
In a limited balcony space, growing a few edible potted plants adds greenery and yields something delicious. Here are some recommendations for edible potted plants that are well suited to balcony growing:
Cherry tomato is a potted vegetable that is very well suited to balcony growing; its fruits can be eaten as a fruit and also used in cooking. Cherry tomatoes have a short growing cycle, bear a lot of fruit, and do not need too much space. You can prepare a long trough planter, or a somewhat larger flower pot. Tomatoes like fertilizer, so add some bone meal, cake fertilizer or chicken manure as a base fertilizer, and throughout the tomato's growth keep watering with liquid fertilizer and giving it sun; it will set a great deal of fruit and can keep producing for several months. Pick them whenever you want to eat them, and you can pick quite a few fruits at a time.
Perilla has dark purple leaves and a distinctive fragrance, and can be used in cooking, to make seasonings, or to brew tea. Perilla is fairly simple to grow; scatter a few seeds in spring and the germination rate is very high. The next year, if the soil in the flower pot is left undisturbed, perilla seedlings will come up on their own. Perilla tolerates drought and heat and is not demanding about soil, making it a relatively easy plant to care for.
Japanese honeysuckle flowers can be brewed as tea and help clear heat and quench thirst and protect the throat. Japanese honeysuckle is also fairly simple to grow; it climbs and vines quite quickly, and as long as it gets plenty of sun and fertilizer, it will bloom the next year. A potted Japanese honeysuckle is not only attractive, but its flowers can also be eaten, so it serves two purposes at once.
Pomegranate is a fairly heat-tolerant and cold-tolerant fruit; its fruit is sweet and juicy and rich in vitamins and minerals. Potted pomegranate is relatively easy to grow; just place it in the sunniest spot on the balcony, as it fears neither sun nor cold. Repot it into a larger pot once a year, and both its flowers and fruit are attractive.
Five-color pepper produces fruits in a rich range of colors, including red, yellow, green, purple and more, and can be grown as an ornamental potted plant as well as eaten. Peppers are plants that like sunlight and warm environments, so when growing them on a balcony choose a spot with ample light. When growing peppers, pay attention to appropriate watering and fertilizing to ensure the plant's growth and fruit set.
Goji berry has attractive fruit that can be eaten or brewed as tea; they are bright red, and its flowers are also lovely. Goji berry likes ample light; as long as the potting soil is fertile, goji berry will also grow very quickly, and its fruiting period is relatively long. You can go out to the countryside and find a wild seedling to bring home, or simply root cuttings from branches, as they root and survive very easily.
