General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Stem
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Rhubarb

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10
In the kitchen garden

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