Jumbo Crown Will Bear Fruit This Year Easy to Grow Perennial Comes Back Every Year Freshly Dug Rhubarb ‘Victoria’ was named for the young Queen Victoria at her accession in 1837. A big, handsome rhubarb with beautiful stems, raspberry-red at the base, flecked green at the leaf-end, it is ornamental enough to grow in a flower border. The thick stems hold together well when cooked; the flavour is both tart and sweet. Reliable and easy to grow, producing a heavy crop for many years. Give a manure mulch once a year.