Heirloom: Highly versatile & delicious. Use in chicken or seafood, sauces or pies and other baked goods. Variety is sweeter than most. Tender stalks are great for rhubarb sauce & strawberry-rhubarb or rhubarb custard pies. The green stalks are tinged w/red at their bases & freeze well for use during winter. This variety is resistant to wilt & root rot. Prefers evenly moist soil in sun to partial shade. Ht. 2-3' USDA Z4.