Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) is a member of the buckwheat (Polygonaceae) plant family. This herbaceous perennial grows 2-3 feet tall with large, smooth, heart-shaped basal leaves. The plant grows from ...

Q: Could you please tell me if the plant in the photo is a weed? It showed up in our flower garden. – Carol and Jim P. A: The plant appears to be a delphinium, which is a beautiful perennial flower.

Gardeners often weaken their rhubarb plants in May by mishandling the stalks, but there is an easy way to keep the plant ...

Rhubarb, an easy-to-grow perennial, is relatively trouble-free when it comes to pests and diseases. It grows from fleshy ...

You walk out one chilly spring morning, coffee in hand, and there they are.Those knobbly pink rhubarb noses, punching up through the mulch like they own the place. It’s exciting. It’s also exactly ...

Rhubarb is a perennial vegetable that is primarily used as a fruit in cooking. It grows best in full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. Rhubarb should not be harvested the first year it is planted to ...

That rhubarb in your garden is ready so what’s the best way to harvest it? You might assume it’s fine to simply cut the stalks off. It’s not. Instead, learn to harvest rhubarb the right way. It’s easy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rhubarb plant has begun to flower. - Tomas Vynikal/Getty Images Picking your own rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) for jams, jellies, ...

We humans can be so difficult to please. If plants flower when we want them to, we call it blooming. But if plants flowers when we don’t want them to, we call it bolting. Flowering is an undesirable ...

Rhubarb becomes the star plant in my vegetable garden when I can add it to summer fruit pies. There is a progression, beginning with strawberry rhubarb pie, followed by raspberry rhubarb, culminating ...

Nothing makes the mouth pucker like a good, tart/sweet rhubarb crisp. The "pie plant" also can be used in pies, tarts sauces, jams, jellies, puddings and punch. Here are some questions about rhubarb ...