I left out some blocks specifically for marigolds. I just took out my snow peas and planted some zinnias in their spot. I'll be putting sunflowers in the snap peas place when they are done. I also have some nasturtiums planted by my zucchini (not that close, just there for color).

Oh, perfect! That'll work...replacing the peas (and or other cold-crops that I don't plan on replacing after they go by).
Thanks!

I made the mistake of planting a whole bag of marigold seeds last year around the border of my bed. Even dwarf marigolds get BIG. They darn near took over! I should have harvested seeds and I'd have made some money. LOL!

I planted nasturtium seeds along the front of my lasagna bed last year. The plants were huge but mostly big leaves. You had to part the leaves to see the flowers. I think you should consider the extra fertility in your bed might make the flowers bigger than usual. Maybe mine also had lots of nitrogen. I had topped off the garden with a load of beautifully composted horse manure that also contained bedding, wood ashes and kitchen scraps.

I planted my tomato bed too densely last year. I stuck in some hot pepper plants, calendula, lemon gem marigolds, parsley, etc along the edge. This particular bed next to the kitchen porch was dedicated to cherry tomato varieties which got huge and sprawly despite their cages. Some of the other plants just got choked out. The ones on the south edge did better. I find it hard this time of year to pay attention to the amount of space a plant will need and I tend to figure things could be a little closer.

defrost49, nasturtiums don't like fertile soil. It makes them produce big leaves and few flowers. I dug big holes in my beds and brought buckets of regular soil to fill them for planting my nasturtiums, and didn't give them any fertilizer at all. It still looks like even my regular soil is too fertile for them, as I have big leaves, no flowers.

Here is a link that might be useful: Annie's Kitchen Garden

I am putting lots of flowers into mine. I just followed the spacing on the packets mostly. I'm also putting some invasive s like bee balm and mint into pots to go around the bed.

I may place some pots of flowers near some of my occupied beds. I recently red that hyssop draws the same moth as broccoli so it could be a deterrant plant. Hyssop does really well here so I may give it a go. There are not enough available squares to try anything else.

I did double up some things like creeping thyme and cosmos, and some dwarf nasturtiums at the base of my cukes. I'm thinking of those more as ground cover while everything is smaller.

I have marigolds, and they're doing well in my sfg. They are almost dead in the pots next to my sfg since they're sitting on concrete.

Nasturtiums would be fun to grow since they're an edible flower, but one of the first things that always stands out when I read about them is that aphids are near crazy about them. That turns me off every time since we have aphid issues throughout the yard (thanks, previous tenants).

I'm planting purple trailing lantana this weekend between my sfg and the house wall. They tolerate heat really well, are drought tolerant, and can attract bees and butterflies (they look pretty too).

Here is a link that might be useful: Gardening With Care