I did the same thing last summer. I have a few more months to wait and see if it will come back this year. I am ready for the spring time weather!!!!!

This is what rhubarb does (as far as I know in my area). It is a spring plant and comes up pretty early in our gardens. During the early summer it is really nice. But as the heat comes the leaves get eaten by bugs and some die off. If its shaded I still get leaves. It should come back this spring again for you -- but dont wait too long into the summer to cast them.

I don't have much advice. My dads family used to grow rhubarb for eating when he was growing up. My dad told me they moved the old outhouse to another location. Some volunteer plants came up there the next year and were much healthier than any others. You might try fertilizing the plants well with the commercialial stuff ;-). Be careful not to burn them.

You should be able to grow rhubarb in your area. talk to your county agent for help. It is a perennial in the north. It won't survive here in zone eight, but I have grown some here as an annual. I got enough for a few pies and some nice leaves for hypertufa. I started plants from seed in the winter in my shop. They were planted in the garden in a cold frame in late February. It took more effort than most are willing to give, but it was an interesting experiment.
When it started getting hot in June, I shaded plants during the heat of the day with shade cloth and kept them always moist. By the middle of July they were history.
You might try this, but perhaps you can grow them as a perennial.

What plant do you mean by "rhubarb"? The kind you eat or an ornamental that grows huge leaves?
If you're referring to Gunnera, it can't take heat or dry conditions. In the US it grows well in the Pacific Nothwest and a few other random spots. The plant is orginally from the Andes mountians and prefers moist, cooler conditions with filtered sunlight. I think the summer in KC would do it in in a heartbeat.

Hi there! Rhubarb, that you can eat grows in home gardens and must be planted, usually older homes have this growing. It's an early spring plant and don't like the heat at all.
The ornamental type that nmgirl is speaking about is called 'Burdock' and can be found in waste pasture-unfit to eat-but can make large bird-baths, the leaf is very hard to remove from the concrete though, I know I made one!
I have a link to Web-Shots if you would like to see it let me know.

You can eat the roots of the burdock.

I live in zone 5-6, and grow biiiig rhubarb. I bought composted sheep manure from the garden centre and just about planted straight in it. I forgot to cut off the seed heads last year. Will remember this year. I had three plants last year. I'm planning to divide them into six - if it ever stops raining!

Mercedes