
grow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends· Folge 232
From Garden to Vase: Sarah’s Top Picks for Long-Lasting, Beautiful Cut Flowers - Episode 232
Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2025 · 23 min
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Cut flowers are one of the great joys of summer, and since Sarah’s last episode on cut flowers, there are a host of wonderful new varieties worthy of adorning your vases.
This episode of ‘grow, cook, eat, arrange’ hones in on 20 of the best flowers for taking cuttings throughout the coming season, offering unbeatable scent, intriguing shapes, and staggering productivity all summer long.
In this episode, discover:
• Cut flowers with productivity and personality, from the elegant Nicotiana Silvestris to more delicate grasses
• The top flower picks that last for weeks, or sometimes up to a month
• How to create showstopping arrangements with fragrance, which are also marvellously pollinator-friendly
• Which flowers have the longest flowering seasons for cut flowers all season long
Products mentioned:
Nicotiana sylvestris 'Only the Lonely'"
sarahraven.com/products/nicotiana-sylvestris
Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'
sarahraven.com/products/paeonia-coral-sunset
Rosa x odorata 'Mutabilis' (China)
sarahraven.com/products/rosa-x-oderata-mutabilis
Rosa rubrifolia (Shrub)
sarahraven.com/products/rosa-glauca-syn-rubrif…
Lonicera periclymenum 'Graham Thomas'
sarahraven.com/products/lonicera-periclymenum-…
Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'
sarahraven.com/products/cerinthe-major-purpura…
Briza maxima (Greater Quaking Grass)
sarahraven.com/products/briza-maxima-greater-q…
Chasmanthium latifolium
sarahraven.com/products/chasmanthium-latifolium
Panicum capillare 'Sparkling Fountain'
sarahraven.com/products/panicum-sparkling-foun…
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity'
sarahraven.com/products/cosmos-bipinnatus-purity
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Apricotta'
sarahraven.com/products/cosmos-bipinnatus-apri…
Antirrhinum majus 'Potomac Apple-blossom' F1
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Antirrhinum 'Liberty Crimson' F1
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