I started two that way last year and one of them overwintered for me and is doing great.

At the end of the season last year, I was lazy and let some of the rhubarb go to seed. I really did mean to go and take care of it, but you know, I was busy/burned out/etc. :)
This spring I have lots of baby rhubarb growing all around the garden. I had no idea it would grow so well.lol
(good for you being smart enough to actually plant it where you wanted it) :)

They look great Don, congrats on the wonderful germination. And you too greylady though yours were acidental ;-)

Don, did you combine the seeds and sow the mix into two jugs, or do you have two separate types? I love the deep red stems in the left jug.

T--who loves rhubarb anything!

The seed pack was marked rhubarb mix. So it was probably the red and green mix.

Don

I too was surprised at the results when I accepted Strawberry Rhubarb to even up a trade. They were one of my first germinations: WS March 18, germinated April 10. They are beautiful healthy plants which I will grow on in pots for the first year. These will replace our plants lost to the 'shade' of a large silver maple.

You can never have enough Rhubarb in my book.
I always get a giggle when I see the prices of root stalk and what they charge in the grocery store for Rhubarb Stalks.

Personally I like it as one of the large leaf plants in my perennial beds.

Those who visit and know it grab a stalk, those who don't say "WOW, what is that big leaved plant" !