How To Plant Asparagus - In A Limited Space
by John Yazo
Asparagus is one of the few vegetable crops that is a perennial. It's shoots are picked early spring as young spear and later season the foliage matures into an airy, fern-like cloud which has a golden color in the fall. Due to the fact that asparagus takes up a permanent residence in the garden, it can be an attractive plant. When space imitations are a problem you can use asparagus as a border or hedge plant.
Being one of the most choice vegetables in a garden, asparagus is easy to grow. Usually it is grown in what is known as a bed of about twenty or more plants spaced about 1 1/2 to 2 feet apart in three rows about 4 feet apart. When limited space is a problem it is possible to grow a small patch of five or six plants that are grouped together in a sunny part of a mixed border. There fern type leaves are most attractive in summer and fall time when they turn to a gold color.
Asparagus,a perennial vegetable and member of the lily family. These plants will last for twenty years if kept free of weeds and feed a rich diet of well composted manure or compost. Raising these plants from seed sown in spring or early summer and then transplanted to their permanent positions two years later, or you can speed up this process by buying plants from most local garden centers.
As a vegetable asparagus has male and female plants, one carrying pollen and the other a berry type seed. Male plants are the best plant for production because they do not waste energy on making seeds. They save all their growth for producing succulent shoots. Most modern varieties that are bred for the purpose of have more males.
If limited space is a problem then incorperate you asparagus crop into your landscape as a border or hedge. You can also just pick a few random sunny locations to add some dimension or character to your landscape.
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