Asparagus officinalis
Asparagus is one of the more familiar offerings on this visitation to various choices in perennial vegetable gardening. This succulent vegetable is loved or hated in our American cuisine. One of the oldest vegetables on record, it grows well in our region. The following website has an excellent overview of establishing your asparagus patch:
Varieties original to the United States are Mary, Martha, and Waltham Washington. Hybrid varieties provide more male plants than female and are the Jersey Giant, Jersey Knight, Jersey Supreme and Jersey Gem varieties. Other varieties are available in the southern United States and Canada, but the Canadian varieties may not be available to the home gardener at this time. Purple passion, pacific purple and other purple varieties have been selected for a genetic color mutation but turn green with cooking. White varieties are the normal varieties that have been "blanched" by mechanical means by the gardener.
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I'd like very much to grow a berm dedicated to asparagus. Of course I need to learn a ton before getting started. If anybody in the St. Louis Metro area grows asparagus I'd like to ask them to teach me.
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