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Victoria Rhubarb - Bare Root Plant

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Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Until then it can look lifeless, so you won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether it will grow.

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About the Product

Victoria is a classic, heavy-yielding rhubarb with huge leaves and thick green stalks that blush red toward the base. It is handsome enough to grow in an ornamental bed as well as the vegetable garden.

The tart stalks are perfect for pies, sauces and jams, and they can be canned or frozen. Plants begin producing well in their second season and keep coming back for years with very little care. Eat only the stalks; the leaves are not edible.

What it looks like

Huge, broad, heart-shaped to rounded leaves 12 to 18 inches across are deep green and slightly crinkled with prominent veins. They are held on thick, celery-like stalks 1 to 2 inches wide that are green along most of their length and flushed red toward the base. The plant forms a large, rounded mound 2 to 3 feet tall and about 3 feet wide. In late spring, tall, thick stalks may rise above the leaves with plumes of tiny creamy white flowers.

Growing it with lavender

Rhubarb wants richer, more fertile soil than lavender, so plant it in the vegetable or kitchen garden rather than in the lean lavender beds.

Care

Plant in full sun in rich, well-drained soil with plenty of compost, setting the crown just at or slightly below soil level. Hardy in zones 3 to 9. Harvest lightly in the second year and more fully after that by pulling stalks, and remove flower stalks as they appear to keep the plant producing.

At a glance

  • Botanical name: Rheum rhabarbarum
  • Flower color: Creamy white
  • Foliage: Deep green with green stalks blushed red at the base
  • Growth habit: Large, rounded mound
  • Mature size: 24–36 in tall × 36 in wide
  • USDA hardiness zones: 3–9
  • Light: full sun
  • Bloom start: Mid-May
  • Peak bloom: Early-June
  • Bloom pattern: Single Flush
  • Deer resistance: Moderately resistant
  • Pollinator value: Fair

Sizes and shipping

Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.

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Mature height
36.0 in
Mature spread
36.0 in
Bloom
Mid-May – peak Early-June
Fragrance
None
Deer
Moderately resistant

Lavender companion · grow guide

How to grow Victoria

Rhubarb · Rheum rhabarbarum

Plant rhubarb in full sun in deep, rich, well-drained soil where it can stay for many years. Feed it well, skip harvest the first year, and it'll produce for a decade or more.

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Victoria
  • Full sunLight
  • Moderate waterAverage drainage
  • pH 5.5–7.0Soil
  • Zones 3a–9bHardiness
  • 36″ tall36″ wide
  • ResistantDeer · rabbits resistant
  • Toxic to petsPets
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Hardy in zones 3a–9b

Early spring as soon as soil can be worked.

Dormant bare-root rhubarb as it arrives, laid on burlap

When it arrives

Your bare-root plant

You'll get a woody, knobby crown with one or more pink-red buds and thick roots. Plant soon after arrival with buds 1–2 inches deep. Keep cool and slightly moist if you must wait.

Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Bare root ships March–May while dormant, with little or no top growth, and it can look lifeless until then. That’s normal. Red, wrinkled buds push up in early spring and unfold into crinkled leaves. Don't harvest the first year; take a light harvest the second; full harvest from year three.

You won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether a dormant plant will grow.

When to plant

Early spring as soon as soil can be worked.

How deep

Set the crown so its buds are 1–2 inches below the soil surface.

Spacing

3–4 feet apart; rows 4–5 feet apart.

Soil

Deep, fertile loam rich in organic matter · pH 5.5–7.0

Fix-it tip: Dig in plenty of compost or aged manure before planting. Avoid wet spots; crowns rot in waterlogged soil.

Sun

Full sun (tolerates light part shade).

Shade gives thinner stalks and smaller harvests.

Dormant
New growth

Don’t give up on it

Is it alive? What spring looks like

Red, wrinkled buds push up in early spring and unfold into crinkled leaves. Don't harvest the first year; take a light harvest the second; full harvest from year three.

Care details are written for the whole rhubarb group; a few are our best general guidance rather than cultivar-specific testing.

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