Description
A beautiful full red Rhubarb. Easy to grow and very productive, this variety is excellent for culinary use being tender and not stringy. This is the reddest variety, without the typical green seen in the stems.
Rhubarb, Crimson Cherry
Rheum rhaponticum
A beautiful full red Rhubarb. Easy to grow and very productive, this variety is excellent for culinary use, being tender and not stringy. This is the reddest variety, without the typical green sometimes seen in stems.
USDA Zone: 2-9
Time to productivity: 1 year after planting. Waiting 2 years will yield heavy harvests more consistently thereafter.
Ripening time: May-June
Size: About 3′ tall and wide.