Rhubarb 'Victoria'

Product: Rhubarb 'Victoria'

Product type: SEED (30)

Botanical name: Rheum rhabarbarum

Victoria' is noticeably sweeter and milder then other rhubarb. It produces prolific yields of thick, tender stalks with a rosy-red sheen to 1 m high, that gradually turn to pink and then to green toward the leaf tip.

Plant type: Cool season perennial; the best stem colour is produced at 10°C

Sow when: Germinate best at 20 - 23°C soil temp.

Temperate: Early spring

Subtropical: Requires semi-shade, may not colour well

Tropical: Unsuitable

Germination: 10 - 14 days

Depth: 2.5 cm deep

Position: Full sun

Sow where: Fertile, well drained, add compost, pH 5.6 - 6.5

Details: Keep moist; apply a mulch of well-rotted manure or compost autumn & spring; divide plants after 4 - 5 years; remove flower stalks as soon as possible

Harvest: Pull the stalks rather than cut them; only the stalks should be eaten; rhubarb leaves are poisonous & should never be eaten or fed to livestock or poultry