Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early'
Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early' Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early' Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early'
Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early'
Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early'
Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early'
Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early'

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Rhubarb Crown 'Timperley Early'

Rheum rhabarbarum

Timperley Early rhubarb is an RHS Award-winning variety that delivers the earliest outdoor harvests, ready as early as February. Its pink, tart stems are perfect for comforting winter desserts. This easy-to-grow forcing variety produces tender, flavorful stalks, ensuring delicious stewed rhubarb and many years of reliable crops.

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1 x Crown

10605727

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Product Information

Position:

Full Sun

Product Varieties:

Rhubarb, Rhubarb Plants

Suitable for:

Pots, Small Gardens, Raised Bed, Vegetable Plot

Plant Type:

Perennial

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Plant outdoors

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Harvest

Harvest
  • Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit
  • Early harvests, ready in winter
  • The perfect comfort food for making winter desserts
  • Forcing variety for tender, sweeter young stems

The variety for the earliest outdoor crops and also suitable for gently forcing. Timperley Early is a popular variety for home-growers on account of its readiness for eating as early as February.

February is a great month for harvesting rhubarb as it's cold outside and hot stewed rhubarb is comfort food, great for preparing in the kitchen.

Grow in rich, moist compost: the roots of your rhubarb crowns will appreciate the nutrients in abundance and promote thick healthy stems, pink, tart and full of flavour.

If harvesting stalks in the first year, pick sparingly so that the remaining stalks give your crowns enough power to generate stronger on-going plants in subsequent years that give you many more stalks.

How to grow

How you will receive your plants: Your rhubarb crowns will arrive carefully packaged, ready to plant.

Can’t plant straight away? Store crowns in a cool place and keep the roots moist. Plant as soon as possible, ideally within a few days.

Planting tips and hints:

In containers: Grow the rhubarb crown in a pot for around a month before planting out. Use a large pot of compost, keeping the growing point level with the top of the compost. Water regularly but avoid waterlogging.

In the ground: Plant crowns with the top just visible above the soil and space them 75-90cm apart. Water well after planting.

Aftercare: Water during dry periods and feed with a general-purpose fertiliser in summer. Avoid harvesting in the first year; in the second year, harvest only a few stems and stop by July to let the plant build up reserves.

Guide To Plant Sizes

Bulbs, Tubers, Corms & Rhizomes

These come in a variety of forms, depending on the plant type, and are supplied in a dormant state. They are available only at the optimum time for planting. Where possible we choose the top size and quality grading to help ensure plants will produce great blooms from their first year. On arrival, pot up and keep in a frost-free area or plant into their final position once the risk of frost has passed.

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Soil Type

Established plants can use a Peat-Free Vegetable Compost.

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