I love container garden plants that are edible as well as beautiful. Both rainbow chard and nasturtiums qualify. Both the leaves and flowers of nasturtiums are edible and add a spicy flavor to salads. Rainbow chard can be eaten raw when the leaves are very young and small or bigger leaves can be cooked like spinach - great when sautéed with a little oil, garlic and lemon. Both nasturtiums and rainbow chard like full sun, but can tolerate partial shade.
Chard doesn't like it too hot, so if you live somewhere hot, midday shade is advisable.
Chard doesn't like it too hot, so if you live somewhere hot, midday shade is advisable.