Flowering Rhubarb

One of the stranger sights in our garden this week…

Flower from Rhubarb

Rhubarb Flower - click to embiggenify

I’ve never seen this before, but our main rhubarb plant has created what appears to be a flower. It’s kind of broccoli-like, but with (as you can see) red bits and pale green bits.

In short, very strange, and very alien-looking.


One Comment on “Flowering Rhubarb”

  1. Lionel says:

    I don’t want to induce panic, but I’m fairly sure that’s a triffid rather than rhubarb.


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