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Asparagus is a perennial that will grow larger and more productive each year and produce for many years with almost no maintenance
Adriaen van der Donck, a Dutch immigrant to New Netherland, mentions asparagus in his description of Dutch farming practices in the New World. [50] Asparagus was grown by British immigrants as well; in 1685, one of William Penn's advertisements for Pennsylvania included asparagus in a long list of crops that grew well in the American climate. [51]
Asparagus dauricus Fisch. ex Link – Siberia to N.E. Korea; Asparagus declinatus L. – Namibia to W. Cape Province, Madagascar; Asparagus deflexus Baker – Angola; Asparagus densiflorus (Kunth) Jessop – Mozambique (Inhaca Islands) to S. Africa; Asparagus denudatus (Kunth) Baker – E. Tropical & S. Africa; Asparagus devenishii (Oberm.)
Asparagus acutifolius, common name wild asparagus, is an evergreen perennial plant belonging to the genus Asparagus.The specific epithet, acutifolius, meaning "thorny leaves", is derived from Latin acutus (pointed, acute), and -folius (-leaved), and refers to the characteristic shape of the leaves, a quite common feature in the typical plants of the Mediterranean.
Asparagus aethiopicus is grown as an indoor plant in cooler climates, or as an ornamental garden plant in urban gardens, rockeries or in pots. Two cultivars are seen in cultivation, 'Sprengeri' is a scrambling form with sparser foliage, while 'Meyeri' has more erect stems to 70 cm (28 in) and denser foliage.
The white flowers appear in autumn, on stalks (unlike the sessile flowers of Asparagus capensis) and are very fragrant. The fruits are extremely small berries (3 millimetres (0.12 in)) that do not change colour when they ripen (i.e. they stay green). [2]
Asparagus racemosus is a climber having stems up to 4 m long. Its roots are both fibrous and tuberous. [3] Shatavari has small pine-needle-like phylloclades (photosynthetic branches) that are uniform and shiny green. In July, it produces minute, white flowers on short, spiky stems, and in September it fruits, producing blackish-purple, globular ...
The flowers of Asparagus africanus. Asparagus africanus is a spiny shrub up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall or a climbing plant with stems up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long. [2] Stems of up to 12 m (39 ft) long have also been recorded. [3] These plants have a rhizomatous root system, from which they can reshoot. [2] [3] Multiple stems grow from a central crown. [3]