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Dark and rich pot recipes
with SARAH RAVEN — Acclaimed English gardener, cook and writer. Host of the UK’s No.1 gardening podcast.
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It’s time to head back to the Dutch yard and take a look at some more dark and rich pots. In this lesson, Sarah teaches you how to combine the dark and rich palette with a splash of boiled sweet.
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Dark and Rich Pot Recipes
In this lesson I will take you back to the Dutch yard where we use the dark and rich palette but with a splash of orange boiled sweet.
The Recipe for a Red Dark and Rich Pot
- Petunia 'Tidal Wave Red Velour'
- Dahlia dreamy series 'Hot Chocolate'
- Pelargonium 'Pink Capricorn'
- Cosmos 'Rubenata'
The Recipe for a Dark and Rich Whopper Pot
Thriller: Dahlia 'Sarah Raven'
Pillar: Ipomoea lobata 'Spanish Flag'
Filler: Helianthus 'Saluna Orange'
Petunia 'Tidal Wave Red Velour' can be grown from seed in March and as it is so fast growing it'll often be flowering by May and will then last until October or November. It's drought tolerant too and will last up to three weeks in a vase if the stems are seared.
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Sarah Raven
Acclaimed English gardener, cook and writer. Host of the UK’s No.1 gardening podcast.
Sarah Raven is a renowned English gardener, cook and award-winning author. She is an inspirational and passionate teacher - combining her decades of experience with her scientific approach to growing (she is medically trained) - and has been running cooking, flower arranging and gardening courses at Perch Hill, her 90-acre farm in East Sussex, and around the UK for over 30 years. She has written for a host of major publications - including House & Garden, The Saturday Telegraph, Country Living, Gardens Illustrated, Gardeners’ World Magazine and The English Garden - and presented on TV shows including Gardeners' World and BBC’s Great British Garden Revival. Her gardening and cookery books have won numerous awards including ‘Best Specialist Gardening Book’ for The Cutting Garden and ‘Cookery Book of the Year’ for Sarah Raven's Garden Cookbook. Sarah is married to the writer Adam Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West's grandson. She also has an online shop that is a brilliant destination for plants, bulbs, seeds, tools and all things garden.
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