Creeping rhubarb (10 seeds) Groundcover Perennial

GUNNERA PROREPENS : Botanical name: Gunnera prorepens

Other names: Gunnera flavida, Creeping rhubarb, Creeping gunnera

Genus: Gunnera

Species: G. prorepens - G. prorepens is a mat-forming, herbaceous perennial with ovate, scalloped, bronze- or purple-flushed, dark green leaves and, in summer, compact spikes of inconspicuous, green flowers followed by dense, upright clusters of red fruit.

Gunnera prorepens is: Deciduous

Flower: Green in Summer

Foliage: Dark-green, Flushed purple, Bronze-tinted in Spring; Flushed purple, Bronze-tinted, Dark-green in Summer; Flushed purple, Bronze-tinted, Dark-green in Autumn

Habit: Mat Forming

SOWING ADVICE: FOR BEST RESULTS, SOW SEEDS ONTO A GOOD SOIL-BASED COMPOST. COVER THE SEEDS WITH FINE GRIT OR COMPOST TO APPROXIMATELY THEIR OWN DEPTH. THEY CAN BE SOWN AT ANY TIME, AND ALTHOUGH GERMINATION CAN BE QUICKER IF KEPT AT 15 TO 20 DEGREES C, WE SOW MOST SEEDS IN AN UNHEATED GREENHOUSE AND WAIT FOR NATURAL GERMINATION AS MANY SEEDS WAIT FOR SPRING BEFORE EMERGING REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY ARE SOWN. SPRING SOWING WILL OBVIOUSLY GIVE THEM A FULL SEASON OF GROWTH.

Gunnera prorepens (Creeping rhubarb) will reach a height of 0.1m and a spread of 0.2m after 5-10 years.

Suggested uses: Ground Cover, Bog garden, Rock, Waterside

Cultivation: Plant in humus-rich, permanently moist soil, preferably in partial shade. Best in full sun in areas with cool summers.

Soil type: Clay, Loamy

Soil drainage: Boggy damp conditions, Moisture-retentive

Soil pH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

Light: Full Sun, Partial Shade

Aspect: South, East, West

Exposure: Sheltered

Hardiness: Hardy (H4), Tender in frost (H3)