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    RHEUM
    RHEUM palmatum
    RHEUM palmatum
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    RHEUM palmatum

    Commonly known as Turkey rhubarb

    Bog or water loving rhubarb plant with large leaves and plumes of red flowers on tall stems
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    2 to 3 Litre   - Click to view photo
    Delivery Information
    Available Early Spring 2026
    individually £14.50 each , 3+ £12.00 each 
    Available Early Spring 2026 - Spring according to the Met office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore early spring is early March to mid-April. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
     
    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
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    • Medicinal properties
      Used in treating appetite loss and as a laxative.
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs, crown rot
    • Place of origin
      Northwestern China, northeastern Tibet.
    • Red
    • Panicles
    • Star-shaped
    • Bog garden
    • Border
      Suitable for a moist herbaceous border
    • Fully hardy
    • Palmate
    • Orbicular
    • Ovate
    • Height
      2m (6½ft)
    • Spread
      2.5m (8ft)
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Rhizomatous perennial with a massive rootstock and thick leaf stalks. Broadly ovate to rounded, palmately 3-9 lobed, coarsely toothed, dark green leaves to 90cm (36in) long. Produces tiny flowers in panicles to 2m (6½ft) long
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Hardy - very cold winter
      Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F)
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
      Humus-rich. Mulch with well-rotted organic matter in early spring.
    • Wet or boggy soil
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
    • harmful if eaten
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • Mature Size
      2m (6½ft)
      		 bulb/corm - guide for size not form Average Person
        2.5m (8ft)
      		  
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    Useful extras...

    Vermin & Pest Control
    Copper Tape
    Quick and easy way to repel slugs and snails from your pots with this adhesive copper tape.
    £7.50
    Vermin & Pest Control
    Slug Pellets
    Slug killer blue mini pellets are easy to use and give effective control of slugs and snails. Ideal in garden, conservatory or greenhouse.
    800g
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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