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Edible landscaping, or foodscaping, is the practice of integrating food-producing plants into ornamental garden and landscape designs, blending aesthetic horticulture with functional food production. This approach matters to plant science because it drives research into cultivars that balance visual traits like foliage color and growth habit with edible yield, as well as studies on how food plants perform in mixed-species plantings compared to traditional monoculture farming. It also encourages investigation into plant adaptability, companion planting dynamics, and sustainable urban food systems.

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