Rhubarb (Rheum) Raspberry Red produces vibrant pink coloured, tender stems that bare a delightfully sweet taste, ready to harvest early in the season. A vigorous grower, this autumn planting variety does not need any forcing to encourage high quality crops. Raspberry Red is a superb dessert rhubarb, delicious added to crumbles, pies or simply stewed and eaten fresh or with your favourite custard! After two years of planting you will see ready to harvest crowns. Budded pieces supplied taken from established crowns to speed up the maturity process. Height: 60cm (24″). Spread: 120cm (48″).
Growing Information
Plant rhubarb from autumn to spring in a sunny position in well drained soil. Prepare the soil in advance by digging in plenty of well rotted manure and clearing all weeds. When planting rhubarb crowns, set them so that the top of the crown sits 3cm (1″) below soil level and allow a spacing of 75cm (30″) between plants. Alternatively plant them in large containers of soil based compost such as John Innes No 3. mixed with plenty of rotted manure.
