Rhubarb 'Champagne'

Will grow in Full Sun
Hardy Perennial
Will grow in Partial Shade

A reliable and easy heritage variety that's one of the earliest to fruit and excellent for forcing. More

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A reliable and easy heritage variety that’s one of the earliest to fruit and excellent for forcing. It’s deliciously sweet, lovely in puddings and for cordials.

Genus	Rheum
Group/Species	x hybridum
Variety	Champagne
Common Name	Rhubarb
Border Position	Kitchen Garden
Soil Type	Broad Tolerance
Scent	Unscented
Site	Full Sun
Moisture	Moist but Well-drained
Height	60cm (24in)
Spacing	90cm (36in)
Sowing, Seeds, Planting	Rhubarb needs an open, sunny site with moist, but free-draining soil as it hates being waterlogged in winter. Avoid frost pockets as stems are susceptible to frost. Keep rhubarb free of weeds by covering the ground with a mulch of composted manure, but avoid burying the crown as it will rot.
Care Tips	Don't harvest anything in the first season. Just mulch your plants - not too close to the crown - and let them grow and establish themselves well. Simply allow the sticks of rhubarb to die back in the first autumn. Spread organic compost around the crown in its dormant winter phase. Grow in an area which has not grown rhubarb in the last six years.
Harvesting	Harvest late May

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Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
Flowers/Harvest

Advice

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