`Canada Red’: Red stems, shorter than most varieties. Find them. Here are some sources for rhubarb, which can be ordered for spring shipping: Burpee Seed, 800-888-1447 or burpee.com for `Victoria’ ...

Ice water as needed. For the filling: 4 c. chopped red stem rhubarb. Juice of 1 lemon. 1 c. sugar. ¼ t. salt. ½ t. cinnamon. 3 T. cornstarch. For the egg wash: ...

Canadian Red also has red stems. While some online sources may sell out early, you can often find rhubarb plants for sale in person or ready to ship wherever other garden plants are sold ...

Rhubarb likes rich, well-draining soil and eight hours of sun a day. Less than eight hours results in weak stems and flaccid plants. It’s important to note that rhubarb leaves are toxic to ...

Rich soil well-endowed with rotten manure or compost will give rhubarb a boost in early growth, which in turn will intensify the red color and produce long, succulent stems. As with all rhubarb ...

I learned there are more than 100 varieties of rhubarb, including Valentine, a late-season variety that shows up in June with bright red stems and heart-shaped leaves.

Several species of rhubarb are native to parts of Siberia, northern India and Nepal, but it is the Chinese variety that first made it to Europe. Marco Polo, who traveled throughout China in the ...

Last year, we gave each other several Victoria rhubarb plants--an 1837 variety prized for its fat stems, bright red skin, tender texture, and citrusy tartness--to replenish our crop. It's ready to ...

Gardeners growing rhubarb plants can have 'tender pink stems' in April by doing 2 tasks Forcing rhubarb ensures ruby-red stalks grow before summer, but those hoping for an early crop could ...