Victoria Rhubarb - Rheum Rhabarbum - Vegetable - 25 Seeds Loofah

Victoria Rhubarb - Rheum Rhabarbum - Vegetable - 25 Seeds LoofahRhubarb is a group of plants that belong to the genus Rheum in the family Polygonaceae. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing from short, thick rhizomes. They have large leaves that are somewhat triangular shaped with long fleshy petioles. They have small flowers grouped in large compound leafy greenish white to rose red inflorescences. Although the leaves are toxic, various parts of the plants have culinary and medicinal uses. Fresh raw stalks

It is also fabulous sliced and grilled

The plant grows naturally between 200 and 1

although there may be the odd flower at other times of the year also

They have been made into jelly

Red flowers marked with yellow and black in the winter through early spring

leaves brown-green bordered by coloured band & containing unevenly distributed blood-red dots

but relatively inconspicuous

The bark is used as dye for Combretum zeyheri roots which are woven into baskets

There are not many aloes from the Cape that flower during summer

Sow in autumn and expect flowering in spring through summer

Variety - Garlic Chives

evergreen leaves