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DESCRIPTION: Long thick dark red leaf stems have a sweet and juicy flavor with very tender skin and flesh texture without a stringyness like most other rhubarb; harvest throughout summer; only stems are edible, other plant parts are poisonous BOTANICAL NAME: Rheum x 'Canada Red'AVERAGE MATURE HEIGHT: 120 cmAVERAGE MATU
DESCRIPTION: Long thick dark red leaf stems have a sweet and juicy flavor with very tender skin and flesh texture without a stringyness like most other rhubarb; harvest throughout summer; only stems are edible, other plant parts are poisonous
BOTANICAL NAME: Rheum x 'Canada Red'AVERAGE MATURE HEIGHT: 120 cmAVERAGE MATURE SPREAD: 120 cmSUN EXPOSURE: Full sun to partial shadeFLOWER COLOUR: N/AFLOWERING TIME: N/AFOLIAGE COLOUR: Large green leaves with striking red stemsCOLD HARDINESS: Zone 3 ( Should survive up to -39.9° Celsius )WATER NEEDS: AverageOTHER FEATURES: Border, Cut Flower, Deer Resistant, Edible stems when cooked
Edible Qualities
Canada Red Rhubarb is a perennial that is typically grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. The large cherry red stalks are typically harvested when mature. The stalks have a sweet taste and a crisp texture.
The stalks are most often used in the following ways:
Cooking
Baking
Preserves
Canning
Sauces
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Brilliant red stalks are the brightest of any rhubarb. No matter how you cook it, nothing fades its rich red color. Wonderfully sweet, requiring less
Canada Red Rhubarb
This variety consistently produces red stalks throughout the clump. The stalks are quite juicy and flavourful and the plant is extremely hardy.
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