Rhubarb
- Botanical Name
- Rheum x cultorum
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 8
- Height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Width
- 3 to 4 feet
- Flowers
- Upright white spikes on stalks of up to 5 feet
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, organic
- Planting & Care
- Dig and divide existing plants, or plant dormant crowns with at least one strong bud 1 to 3 inches deep and 2 to 3 feet apart
- Do not harvest newly planted rhubarb during the first year - allow plants to establish themselves
- Remove flower stalks as they appear
- Problems
- Rhubarb curculio, fungal leaf spot
- Varieties
- Cherry Red - red both inside and outside the petiole (leafstalk)
- Canada Red - sweet, thick stalks
- Victoria - green petiole shaded with red
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