m.WOFFORD RHUBARB

Acanthus mollis `Wofford Rhubarb', purple tubular flowers on long spikes, 24", July-August. Brilliant red(rhubarb)stems! And the first part of the name `Wofford' is for Charlie Wofford who shared this with Tony Avent. Where does all this originate from?: The campus of South Carolina's Wofford University. The "tale" has it being planted on campus by the founder Benjamin Woford going back to the Civil War era? This "bear's" been around so long we're lucky it still has "breeches" to share?! So, as the ancestry-tree would have it, fast-forward to the "millennia" and a descendent, Charlie Wofford becomes friends with Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery(they both live in South Carolina!)and shares a stem/clump with him and Tony's GREATNESS to bring these cool things to market has out attention! zone7(6 protected). "Bear's Breech"