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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
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.
[citation needed] White asparagus is the result of applying a blanching technique while the asparagus shoots are growing. [42] To cultivate white asparagus, the shoots are covered with soil as they grow, i.e. earthed up; without exposure to sunlight, no photosynthesis starts, and the shoots remain white.
Asparagus setaceus is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for planting in garden and containers, and as a house plant. The attractive foliage is also used in floral arrangements. It is hardy to 1 °C (34 °F), but does not tolerate being frozen. Therefore in temperate zones it is normally cultivated indoors in bright, indirect light. [9]
As the asparagus is harvested, each crown continues to push up new spears through the soil. This fast and constant growth allows farmers to harvest the same field up to 60 times during the growing ...
Asparagus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Asparagoideae. [2] It comprises up to 300 species. Most are evergreen long-lived perennial plants growing from the understory as lianas, bushes or climbing plants. The best-known species is the edible Asparagus officinalis, commonly referred to as just asparagus.
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 racemosus (satavar, shatavari, or shatamull, shatawari) is a species of asparagus native from Africa through southern Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, to northern Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It grows 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall and prefers to take root in gravelly, rocky soils high up in piedmont plains, at 1,300–1,400 ...