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Home » Vegetables » Rhubarb » Chipman's Canada Red Rhubarb Plant

Chipman's Canada Red Rhubarb Plant

Naturally Sweet, Dependably Cold Hardy

Chipman's Canada Red Rhubarb Plant

Naturally Sweet, Dependably Cold Hardy

Simmer, boil or bake the tall, plump, brilliantly red stalks—nothing fades the rich color and intense flavor! Excellent yields, plenty for processing. Zones 3-8 (2 with some winter protection).

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Botanical Name: Rheum rhubararum 'Chipman's Canada Red'
Height: 2 - 3 feet.
Spacing: Set divisions 3 feet apart in rows 4 feet apart.
Depth: Plant divisions 3 - 4 inches below the soil surface. Plant early Spring for Fall, do not harvest stalks 1st season. Harvest freely the following seasons.
Spread: 2 feet.
Light Required: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Yield: Excellent yields. 4 to 12 pounds of stalks at maturity.
Size: Jumbo
Fruit: Naturally sweet, the red color won't fade in cooking. Produces long thick stalks that are rich red inside and out.
Zone: 3-8

Form: Vegetable, Perennial, Rhubarb
Soil Requirements: Loamy Soil
Growth Rate: Medium growth rate.
Foliage: Green foliage with red stalks.
Comments: Large stalks, yields 4 - 12 lbs. per crown at maturity. Color won't fade during cooking. Sweetest of all, needs less sugar when baking than others. Harvest well into Fall, seldom goes to seed. Rhubarb is a long-lived perennial. Dependable producers of red stalks. Simmer, boil or bake. Perfect for preserves. Takes 2 years before ready to harvest. Apply Winter mulch in late Fall. Leaves of rhubarb are poisonous.

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Most times, orders having items with different shipping schedules are held in full until the entire order is ready to ship based on your grow zone.

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.

Spring 2021 Shipping Schedule
ZONE	All Other Perennials & Potted Plants
1A-4A	5/3/21 - 6/4/21
4B	5/3/21 - 6/4/21
5A	3/29/21 - 6/4/21
5B	3/15/21 - 6/4/21
6A	3/8/21 - 6/4/21
6B	3/1/21 - 6/4/21
7A	2/22/21 - 6/4/21
7B	2/22/21 - 6/4/21
8A & B	2/15/21 - 5/14/21
9A & B	2/8/21 - 5/14/21
10A & B	2/8/21 - 5/14/21
Last Order Date	1A-7B: 5/31/21 8A-10B: 5/10/21

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