Being from a country where people considered their land plots as
source of food rather than entertainment, I have hard times
reconciling myself with gardening decorative plants. BRBR

Do I hear a sniff of disdain here?
Flowering varieties of peas and squash. Opium poppies--usually not illegal
unless you harvest them. Dandelions--make wine of the flower heads. Morning
Glories if you enjoy hallucinogenics (read up on them first.) Flax, for the oil
(and the flowers).
zemedelec