Rhubarb Patch, 1 prim = 15 plants

Realistic looking 1 prim plant patch
Resizable
High quality texture with no alpha halo.
Mod/Trans

Like a neat little garden next to your cottage? Need to role play a farm, self sustaining village or colony and green up the sim while conserving prims?

This Rhubarb patch is on a one prim form that has 15 plants in 3 x 5 rows and makes a convincing farm. It is modifiable and can be shrunk or resized up to fit any garden plot or provide large ground cover.

These are realistic looking mature fruit bearing plants ready for harvest. These plants are set on natural light, not bright.

Rhubarb has been used for medical purposes by the Chinese for thousands of years. It did not become common in Europe until it was reintroduced from the Silk Road around the 14th century through. The expense of transportation across Asia caused rhubarb to be highly expensive in medieval Europe where it was several times the price of other valuable herbs and spices such as cinnamon, opium and saffron. Its cultivation was of great interest to Marco Polo and in 1403 the Spanish ambassador to Samarkand reported "The best of all merchandise coming to Samarkand was from China: especially silks, satins, musk, rubies, diamonds, pearls, and rhubarb...".

Rhubarb is grown primarily for its fleshy stems or stalks. The use of rhubarb stems as food is a relatively recent innovation, first recorded in 17th century England, after affordable sugar became available to common people, and reaching a peak between the 20th century's two world wars. In addition to being used as a laxative, Rhubarb root produces a rich brown dye similar to walnut husks. It is used in northern regions where walnut trees do not survive. Rhubarb leaves contain poisonous substances, including oxalic acid.

In temperate climates, rhubarb is one of the first food plants to be ready for harvest, usually in mid- to late spring and last until September, usually yielding two crops, and grow year round in warmer climates.

I started landscaping on a history sim where 1/3 of the prims are reserved for tall ships and texture lag can sink a ship. Conserving prims, using low prim items, allows for more role play props to be rezzed. And using high quality, quick loading low lag textures make for convincing detail. Cara Mia Gardens is dedicated to providing the best low prim, low lag landscaping on the grid. After all, a prim saved is a prim earned.

Come see this and many other trees, flowers, and crops in my in-world garden.