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'Timperley Early' Rhubarb Plant

The best choice for forcing

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Timperley Early' Rhubarb Plant Soft Fruit
'Timperley Early' Rhubarb Plant Soft Fruit
'Timperley Early' Rhubarb Plant Soft Fruit
Timperley Early' Rhubarb Plant Soft Fruit

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The highlights

  • Succulent red-pink stalks or rhubarb with a great flavour
  • Very early season - harvest as soon as February
  • Grow in a sunny border, vegetable bed or large container
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

Description

  • One of the earliest rhubarb varieties, Timperley Early produces plenty of strong, red-pink stems with a delicious flavour which can be harvested as early as February
  • The best choice for forcing
  • Early variety - harvest from the second year onwards, between March (or even February) and June
  • Fully hardy and long lived, you'll be picking rhubarb from these plants for around ten years
  • Perfect for a sunny border, vegetable bed, allotment or even a large container
  • Delicious in pies, crumbles and jams
  • Only eat the stalks - rhubarb leaves are poisonous to humans and pets
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Bare root crowns
5 x bare root crowns
Potted plant
20-30cm Plant in 3L Pot
3L Pots
Bare root crowns

Height on arrival:

20-30cm inc. pot
20-30cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

45cm
45cm
45cm

Eventual spread:

1m
Spreads approx 1m
1m
Spreads approx 1m
1m
Spreads approx 1m
1m
Spreads approx 1m

Tasting notes:

Sweet and sharp
Sweet and sharp
Sweet and sharp
Sweet and sharp

Time to first crop:

2 years
Plants will produce stalks in the first season after planting, but you'll need to leave these alone to allow the plant to establish itself. From the second year onwards, you can harvest as much as you like from April to June, when the leaves have fully unfurled and the stems are at least 30cm long.
2 years
Plants will produce stalks in the first season after planting, but you'll need to leave these alone to allow the plant to establish itself. From the second year onwards, you can harvest as much as you like from April to June, when the leaves have fully unfurled and the stems are at least 30cm long.
2 years
Plants will produce stalks in the first season after planting, but you'll need to leave these alone to allow the plant to establish itself. From the second year onwards, you can harvest as much as you like from April to June, when the leaves have fully unfurled and the stems are at least 30cm long.

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H5 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
Fully hardy
H5 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
Fully hardy
H5 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
Fully hardy
H5 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)

Self fertile:

Self fertile
Does not need a pollination partner to produce a crop
Self fertile
Does not need a pollination partner to produce a crop
Self fertile
Does not need a pollination partner to produce a crop
Self fertile
Does not need a pollination partner to produce a crop

Uses:

Cooking, preserving
Use in crumbles, pies, jams and stewed in desserts such as rhubarb fool
Cooking, preserving
Use in crumbles, pies, jams and stewed in desserts such as rhubarb fool
Cooking, preserving
Use in crumbles, pies, jams and stewed in desserts such as rhubarb fool
Cooking, preserving
Use in crumbles, pies, jams and stewed in desserts such as rhubarb fool

Rootstock:

Spacing:

75-90cm
If planting more than one, space your rhubard plants 75-90cm apart to allow for spreading
75-90cm
If planting more than one, space your rhubard plants 75-90cm apart to allow for spreading
75-90cm
If planting more than one, space your rhubard plants 75-90cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Generally unaffected by pests and diseases, but there are a couple of avoidable problems to look out for. Crown rot is caused by soil or water borne fungi or bacteria. Plants look sickly, fail to grow and rot at the crown. This can spread to the stems and leaves, causing the plant die. It can be avoided by watering only when necessary and at the base of the plant. Slugs and snails can also attack young seedlings as well as the leaves of larger rhubarb plants - surround your plants with a barrier such as copper wire, crushed eggshells or gravel to keep them off.

Water regularly in summer

Water well when new, then during prolonged dry periods in summer once established. Growth will slow down and even stop if conditions are too hot and dry.

Full sun

Plant in full sun for the best results - rhubarb can also deal with a little afternoon shade.

Moist, well draining soil

Plant in any moist, well draining soil. Add plenty of well rotted manure or compost when planting and avoid any site that gets waterlogged in winter.

Feed annually

Rhubarb will grow better if you apply a general purpose fertiliser in spring or summer. At the same time you can also apply a mulch of well-rotted manure or compost in a layer about 7cm deep around your plants, taking care not to bury the crown.

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