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Asparagus officinalis is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennial plant species in the genus Asparagus. It was once classified in the lily family, like its Allium cousins, onions and garlic, but the Liliaceae have been split and the onion-like plants are now in the family Amaryllidaceae and asparagus in the Asparagaceae.

Asparagus multiflorus will climb given the opportunity or, standing alone becomes a large tangled shrub. It may reach 2 m in height and width. The many pale green zigzagging stems are hard and slightly hairy. Stems have fine longitudinal lines or ridges along the surface. The nodes are just thick knobs with no spines. Small branchlets emerge from these knobs on which the tiny cylindrical cladodes or leaf-like stems grow. The flowers are positioned in the cladode fascicles. They are small and white, blooming in midsummer. The plant grows on the coast and inland in parts of the Eastern Cape and eastern parts of the Western Cape, including the Little Karoo. The boiled young stems of Asparagus multiflorus are sometimes eaten as a vegetable. Cutting the old stems back at the end of winter stimulates new growth suitable for harvesting. The taste is different from the conventional cooked asparagus.

USDA Zone - 8

Season to sow - Spring / Autumn

Mary Washington Asparagus is perhaps the easiest grown of all summer vegetables and arguably the tastiest. Asparagus and butter – need we say more? A typical asparagus with green colour changing to purple at the tip. Asparagus is a long lasting perennial plant. Plant grows up to 30cm tall. It also contains glutathione - one of the most potent ant carcinogens and antioxidants found.

 Variety - Mary Washington Asparagus

Scientific name - Asparagus officinalis

Approximate seeds per gram - 25

Pack Size - Available in 20 gram packs

Description - Mary Washington Asparagus is perhaps the easiest grown of all summer vegetables and arguably the tastiest. Asparagus and butter – need we say more? A typical asparagus with green colour changing to purple at the tip. Asparagus is a long lasting perennial plant. Plant grows up to 30cm tall. It also contains glutathione - one of the most potent ant carcinogens and antioxidants found.

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 Variety - UC157 Asparagus

Scientific name - Asparagus officinalis

Approximate seeds per gram - 25

Pack Size - Available in 50 gram & 200 gram packs

Description - UC 157 is the most widely planted fresh market asparagus variety in the world. Developed by Frank Takatori and Frank Southers at the University of California at Riverside in 1978, UC 157 is tolerant of Rust (Puccinia asparagi) and highly tolerant of Fusarium (Fusarium oxysporum).

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UC 157 is the most widely planted fresh market asparagus variety in the world. Developed by Frank Takatori and Frank Southers at the University of California at Riverside in 1978, UC 157 is tolerant of Rust (Puccinia asparagi) and highly tolerant of Fusarium (Fusarium oxysporum).