Alys Fowler: top tips for growing rhubarb

It’s a myth that rhubarb can grow in deep shade: it’s a woodland edge plant and some sun makes for the tastiest stems Most of us inherit our rhubarb from the previous gardener or the gardener before that, or even the one before that. A healthy rhubarb plant can live for a very long time. But what is this unknown variety? There’s a good chance it’s ‘Victoria’, the most popular. It has thick cardinal-red stems with green flecking, and the flesh is also tinged re