Garden Rhubarb
We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
| Height | 30 inches (5 feet with the flowers) |
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| Spread | 3 feet |
Extremely coarse garden plant grown primarily for its edible red stems; ornamental flower stalks tower well above the foliage; harvest throughout summer; only stems are edible, other plant parts are poisonous
Additional Information
| Colour | white |
|---|---|
| Effect | Bold |
| Hold | Rising |
| Period | from early to mid summer |
| Value | High |
| Inflorescence | Spike |
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| Evergreen Deciduous | Deciduous |
| Detail | Crinkled |
| Shape | Round |
| Size | Enormous |
| Summer Colour | green |
| Value | High |
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| Stem Colour | Red |
| Component | Stalks |
|---|---|
| Harvest Period | From early to late summer |
| Shape | Long |
| Taste | Tart |
| Texture | Fleshy |
| Use | Baking, Canning, Cooking, Preserves, Sauces, Wine |
| Ornamental Integration | High |
| Colour | red |
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| Hardiness Zone | 2a |
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| Sunlight | full sun to partial shade |
| Moisture | average to wet |
| Plant Form | towering |
| Plant Origin | import |
| Landscape Application | Articulation, Garden, Massing, Orchard |
| Maintenance | medium |
| Pollution Tolerance | high |
| Growth Rate | fast |
| Branching | herbaceous |
| Canopy | low |
| Family | Rhubarb |
| Genus | Rheum |
| Species | rhabarbarum |
| Lifespan | 10 |
| Pruning | can prune at anytime |
| Propagation | division |
| Texture | coarse |
