Growing Spectacular Salvias with Sarah Raven & Arthur Parkinson - Episode 43

Few flowers are quite as essential as the Salvia, a plant of the moment which is as low maintenance as it is high performing. It takes just a little care to keep these ocean deep blues, rich purples and eye-catching reds flourishing well into the autumn months. Not only are colourful varieties like Jezebel and Amistad also edible, but they’re an indomitable blackspot deterrent and great for cutting. Sarah & Arthur take a look at this must-have family of long-blooming flowers in this week’s ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’, and serve up a spectacular recipe for butternut squash. In this episode, discover: The new, exciting, and vigorous varieties of Salvia that are ideal for pots Particularly useful Salvias for companion planting with Roses to battle blackspot How to take Salvia cuttings to grow youthful, vigorous plants, ready for when your current flowers start to wane Making the most of sage at its best this time of year in an incredible recipe for butternut squash View all products mentioned and find further advice from Sarah: https://bit.ly/3f2DFiH Follow Sarah: https://bit.ly/3jDTvBp Follow Arthur: https://bit.ly/3jxSKK5 Order Sarah’s book: https://bit.ly/2TWHJcz Order Arthur’s book: https://bit.ly/3xOov7H Shop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeu Get in touch: info@sarahraven.com Get in touch: info@sarahraven.com Shop on the Sarah Raven Website: http://bit.ly/3jvbaeu Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahravensgarden/ Order Sarah’s latest books: https://www.sarahraven.com/gifts/gardening-books?sort=newest