A rhubarb plant has begun to flower. - Tomas Vynikal/Getty Images Picking your own rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) for jams, jellies, and pies is one of the best parts of a perennial spring garden.

We humans can be so difficult to please. If plants flower when we want them to, we call it blooming. But if plants flowers when we don’t want them to, we call it bolting. Flowering is an undesirable ...

Q: Could you please tell me if the plant in the photo is a weed? It showed up in our flower garden. – Carol and Jim P. A: The plant appears to be a delphinium, which is a beautiful perennial flower.

You walk out one chilly spring morning, coffee in hand, and there they are. Those knobbly pink rhubarb noses, punching up through the mulch like they own the place. It’s exciting. It’s also exactly ...

Question: I just noticed that one of my rhubarb plants is sending up a flowering stalk. Does this hurt the plant? Should I cut it off. Does it mean the plant will die? What, if anything, should I do?

Nothing makes the mouth pucker like a good, tart/sweet rhubarb crisp. The "pie plant" also can be used in pies, tarts sauces, jams, jellies, puddings and punch. Here are some questions about rhubarb ...

Rhubarb reigns supreme in British gardens, nestled amongst ripe tomatoes and thriving lettuces that effortlessly sprout. Standing out from its savoury comrades, rhubarb is celebrated for being one of ...

Q: This is the second year for my rhubarb plant and it has several blooms (looks like a cauliflower) with the stalks. Is this normal or is it a fungus? A: The blooms are the flowers of the rhubarb.

Dear Master Gardener: What’s the best way to harvest rhubarb? Also, my neighbor told me that if my rhubarb gets a flower, I am supposed to break it off and I’m not supposed to pick and eat rhubarb ...