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Chinese Rhubarb
biofreak
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Should I cut the flower out that has sprouted for the first time? If I left it to seed would the leaves just die back? At the moment it is splendid but letting it flower worries me.
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Lyn
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May 2023
As it’s not an edible plant, I would just let it flower like any other perennial.
Cut the flowers off when they die.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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punkdoc
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May 2023
It will die back whether it flowers or not, so I would let it flower.
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Silver surfer
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Chinese Rhubarb = Rheum palmatum.
The flowers are part of the attraction...as with most garden plants
Below is Rheum palmatum Red Herald.
Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
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biofreak
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May 2023
Many thanks. It is very stripping flowers and all!
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Cut the flowers off when they die.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
The flowers are part of the attraction...as with most garden plants
Below is Rheum palmatum Red Herald.