Ornamental Rhubarb - Don't Eat It, Eye It

Well, we have finally gone and done it! When you think we have talked all the plant talk possible, we have finally found a way to talk about them some more! A recap of this gloriously beautiful afternoon's walk through my backyard garden, or was it more like a marathon sprint...the rain garden took center stage. Clematis, roses, asiatic lilies and salvia are in full bloom. But what do I see? It is an ornamental rhubarb thrusting upward its enormous jagged-edged, heavily veined leaves. A feast for the eyes! And regarded by me with the same reverence and awe as any award-winning flower. Oh my God, it has awesome foliage. It did not bloom this year, but who cares? Not I!