🍃 Victoria Rhubarb produces large, richly colored stalks and broad, textured leaves that bring bold structure and early-season interest to edible and ornamental gardens. Gardeners appreciate its vigorous growth and dependable returns year after year, making it a standout feature in vegetable patches and mixed plantings. 🌱 This hardy perennial thrives in full sun to partial shade and well-drained, fertile soil, growing 24–36 inches tall with wide, spreading foliage. Plant roots or seeds in deeply worked soil, spacing plants 24–36 inches apart to allow strong root development and a full clumping habit. 🧑‍🌾 Ideal for pies, jams, sauces, baked goods, and a wide range of seasonal dishes, Victoria Rhubarb offers flavorful stalks once established. Expect harvestable stalks beginning in the second year, with reliable, abundant production each spring thereafter. 🌎 USDA Zones 3–8. This robust variety performs beautifully in cooler climates, returning annually with vigorous new growth. Its bold leaves and bright stalks add ornamental value while contributing long-term productivity to edible landscapes and homestead gardens. 📷 Please post photos of your plants in a review! – Isla’s Garden 👩‍🌾 Victoria Rhubarb develops into a forming, long lived plant that serves as a true landscape highlight, pairing bold foliage with reliable harvests while acting as a soil enriching companion in edible plantings. Its wide, ready collection of flavorful stalks supports any DIY food project, offering a reliable producer and dependable source of fresh ingredients for the kitchen. It also makes a thoughtful seasonal choice, whether as a christmas stocking stuffer, garden lover surprise, holiday basket filler, mother’s day present, father’s token, teacher appreciation greenery moment, anniversary gesture, easter treat, festive table accent, earth plantable treasure, valentines nature themed keepsake, or spring celebration highlight that adds joyful appeal to summer gathering moments. This variety attracts the edible plant enthusiast, backyard grower, cottage style hobbyist, and cool climate gardener, while also fitting seamlessly into the plans of the plot planner, culinary patch organizer, and creative space designer. It suits the rural participant and bloom observer seeking productive perennials, as well as the revitalization audience and foliage driven grower who value strong performance. Renewal minded horticulturists, adaptive gardeners, and expansion focused growers also benefit from its versatility, and it remains a dependable option for the low water gardener, natural space designer, open area grow fan, garden improvement seeker, climate flexible planter, outdoor cooking strategist, and terrain aware gardener looking to elevate their edible landscape. Victoria Rhubarb is probably the sweetest and mildest of all rhubarb plants. Stalks are tender and easy to cook. Plants are prolific; stalks green with red blush. Bare roots are good for beginning of spring planting. Rooted plants are better towards fall, planted upon arrival, 3-5 weeks before first fall frost. All our seeds are Home Grown in the USA - Isla's Garden