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At the end of last year, I planted 2 rhubarb crowns: Champagne and Victoria.
The Champagne is looking good with 4-5 leaves big like my hand. The Victoria: nothing...
Although they are next to each other, I've followed the spacing guidelines. So what's wrong? Should the Victoria start to grow later?
I know I'm not allowed to pull any this year but It's the first thing I've planted in our new garden and I love looking at its pinkish stalks.

Hopefully they were both decent crowns.Champagne is early(never grown Victoria).Panic not it's only Feb.!(Having said that the sight of the first rhubarb at this, the shittiest time of a shitty year well ,it's got to be good). BW

My established rhubarb was in leaf when I took photos for my blog of 9 December 2011:

http://livingin22.blogspot.com/search?u ... date=false

These plants were given to me by a chap who helped me gardening in Gloucestershire from his garden. When I moved to Cornwall I took them with me and again when I came to Brittany. They do so well and loads of people have had crowns from me. I have no idea what type it is, but it is prolific.

Thank you all for reassuring me. I will wait patiently for it to grow.
Off to find other things to worry about : )

I planted 8 crowns last year which i grew from seed and so far nothing is showing
i'm hoping its to early but i did think it would be showing some life with the climate here in Cornwall

Mine is sprouting (has for a while judging by the frost damage) but the garden has been too wet to look at it:

http://www.waark.com/2012/02/spring-has-sprung/

I transplanted one into a pot which is in the cold frame and there's no signs of life from it yet. I think it is too early, and we've only just had a really cold spell.

i see life now rhubarb is coming thru

Some signs of life but not from all the crowns at all, they are Victoria I planted from seed two years ago.

It'll come hopefully!

in a happy rhubarb place

pics on the blog: http://www.lanteriskitchen.com/2012/03/ ... arden.html