Bring a timeless garden favorite to your backyard with Victoria Rhubarb, also known as Pieplant. This heirloom rhubarb variety is prized for its sweet-tart, red-to-green stalks and excellent cooking flavor. Perfect for pies, tarts, jams, and sauces, Victoria Rhubarb is a cold-hardy perennial that returns every spring with abundant yields.
Whether you’re a beginner gardener or an experienced grower, these non-GMO rhubarb seeds provide an easy and rewarding addition to your garden.
Features
- 🌿 Perennial Variety: Returns each year for continuous harvests.
- 🍰 Perfect for Cooking: Classic “Pieplant” flavor ideal for desserts, jams, and sauces.
- 🌞 Cold Hardy: Thrives in cool climates and tolerates frost.
- 🌱 Non-GMO & Untreated: Pure, natural seeds suitable for home gardeners.
- 🪴 Attractive Plants: Large green leaves with colorful edible stalks.
- 💧 Low Maintenance: Easy to grow with minimal care once established.
Specifications
- Common Name: Victoria Rhubarb (Pieplant)
- Scientific Name: Rheum rhabarbarum
- Plant Type: Perennial vegetable/fruit stalk plant
- Zones: USDA 3–8
- Growth Habit: Upright, clumping
- Height: 2–3 feet tall
- Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Rich, well-drained loam with high organic matter
- Soil pH: 6.0–6.8
- Watering: Moderate and consistent
- Temperature Range: Best growth at 50–75°F (10–24°C)
- Days to Germination: 14–21 days
- Maturity: Harvestable stalks in 2nd year
- Harvest Season: Late spring to early summer
- Pollination: Not required (grown for stalks)
- GMO Status: 100% Non-GMO
- Uses: Pies, jams, sauces, desserts, beverages
- Toxic Note: Leaves are not edible (contain oxalic acid)
Planting Guide
- Start Indoors: Sow seeds 6–8 weeks before the last frost.
- Stratify Seeds: Refrigerate seeds for 2–3 weeks before planting for better germination.
- Sowing Depth: Plant ¼ inch deep in seed trays or pots with moist, well-drained soil.
- Temperature: Keep at 65–75°F for germination.
- Transplanting: Move seedlings outdoors after frost danger has passed.
- Spacing: Space 3–4 feet apart in rows 4 feet apart.
- Watering: Water regularly to keep soil evenly moist.
- Mulch: Apply organic mulch to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
- Harvest: Do not harvest the first year; begin light harvests in the second year when stalks are firm and 10–15 inches long.
- Maintenance: Remove flower stalks to promote thicker stems and longer harvest life.
Care Tips
- Apply compost annually to maintain soil fertility.
- Divide crowns every 4–5 years to rejuvenate growth.
- Avoid harvesting all stalks at once; always leave a few for continued plant strength.
- Do not eat leaves (they are toxic).
- In cold regions, mulch heavily in winter for protection.