Asparagus Officinalis

Botanical Name:

Asparagus officinalis

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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Full Sun
6+ hours of direct sun per day
Characteristics

Bloom Time

Jun, Jul, Aug

Plant Type

Edible, Herbaceous Perennial, Poisonous, Vegetable

Lifespan

Perennial

Flower

The flowers develop as hermaphrodites and mature to become unisexual. Both male and female flowers produce small, yellow-green tepals In June or July.

Fruit

In late summer, female plants produce ornamental red berries that are hard and shiny.

Benefits
Attracts

Bees

Taxonomy

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Asparagus