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Rhubarb
Victoria
Rheum × hybridum 'Victoria'
Victoria is the most widely grown rhubarb in UK gardens, a reliable and productive variety with thick, crimson-red stems and good flavour. It is vigorous and long-lived, producing abundant stems over a long season from April to July. An excellent all-purpose variety suitable for crumbles, jams, and freezing.
Key facts
- Growth habit
- upright
- Produce type
- stem
- Support
- none
- Sun
- full sun
- Days to harvest
- 365–600 days
- Avg. yield
- 2-4 kg per season
- Watering
- medium
- Frost sensitivity
- low
For all rhubarb issues and threats, see the Rhubarb page.