These look good enough to eat: The prettiest edible plants

Garden designer, grower and social media star Lucy Hutchings shows a selection of edible garden plants which will also add a splash of colour and plenty of texture to any ornamental border

Sunflowers are among plants that provide edible elements as well as colour in a garden border. Pictures: Alamy/PA

Garden designer, grower and social media star Lucy Hutchings has been showing her followers the prettiest vegetables to add colour and form to ornamental borders.

The designer, who has 171k followers on Instagram, says: “The best way to approach edibles within a planting scheme is to stop thinking of them as edibles and approach them as you would any other plants in your border.