Rheum sp.
Family - Polygonaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: A clump-forming Perennial with massive, dark green, palmately lobed foliage with deeply toothed, jagged margins. Creamy-white, star-shaped flowers in panicles are held on tall stems which tower above the foliage in early summer.
Flower:
Many, small, creamy-white, star-shaped flowers in panicles are produced on tall stems in June.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Star-shaped in panicles
Flowering time: June
Foliage:
Massive, dark green, palmately lobed leaves with deeply toothed margins.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive, but well drained soil.