What if rhubarb flowers

Isn't this beautiful, and striking? I Love It! Now I just hope that my rhubarb will actually flower next year, and that more than one of my rhubarb plants in the patch will flower! I believe you have just inspired many site visitors to bring the cut flowers from their rhubarb indoors when cutting them off, and enjoying them!

They are an amazing display of God's Creation for sure! If you have made a flower arrangement using rhubarb flowers or rhubarb seed pods - feel free to send me your pictures for me to share with visitors to Rhubarb-Central. Contact me via my contact form here. Do you grow rhubarb? Here below or use the navigation bars at the left column are links to helpful pages within this website about growing rhubarb at home! Enjoy this Page? Please Share! And we get several flower stalks per rhubarb plant.

Dividing the crowns of mature plants every few years resets the maturity clock so to speak and reduces flowering. Another factor that influences the growth of flower stalks is the variety of rhubarb. Some are more likely to flower than others. Old-fashioned varieties such as Victoria and MacDonald continuously produce seed pods whereas other varieties like Canada Red and Valentine are less likely to bolt. These and other modern varieties are bred to flower less often.

Heat can also cause rhubarb to bolt. Be sure to give your rhubarb plant adequate water. Other stressors can also cause rhubarb to bolt, such as insect or animal damage to the leaves or a lack of nutrients. Play Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.

Share Facebook Twitter Mail. Broadcast: Sat 11 Apr , am. Published: Sat 11 Apr , am. Credits plus minus. What, if anything, should I do? Answer: Rhubarb flowering stalks should be promptly pulled and discarded if you want to keep the plant in good production.

The flower stalks take a lot of energy to produce, thereby they reduce plant vigor and next year's production. Flower-stalk formation in rhubarb can be caused by drought, not enough fertility and extreme heat. Older plants especially older than about five years tend set flowering stalks more than young ones. Discourage flower formation with regular water once a week in the summer; good fertility with compost or ferilizer ; and mulching around the base to keep soil cool and moist.

For the highest yields of rhubarb stems, fertilize your plants three times per year. Once growth starts to occur, apply fertilizer again.

And then, in the fall, mulch your plants with 6 inches of compost or composted manure and leaves. Rhubarb plants produce well for several years, if they are divided every three to five years.

Rhubarb suffers from relatively few pests.