Spring/Autumn planting.
There's nothing more satisfying that a plate full of your own 'home grown' veggies stright from the garden! Our great value Nurseryman's choice Asparagus offers a selection of customer favourites, selected from our range of Asparagus plants.
Asparagus is a low maintenance but high value crop which continues producing for years. This superb collection of modern, heavy yielding varieties that will ensure a long cropping period of top quality spears. Our versatile range includes white Asparagus as well as green varieties and attractive purple-speared cultivars. Perfect for adding some colour and flavour to your plate.
Creating an asparagus bed is an investment in time and space, but one that brings high rewards. From the garden you’ll be enjoying deliciously tender and buttery spears for months! Offering excellent value for money, this asparagus collection provides a good range of varieties, ensuring a long cropping season and reliable supply of delicious asparagus spears. Height: 150cm (59"). Spread: 45cm (18").
Whether you are a beginner gardener, or a green-fingered grower, this lucky dip provides the perfect opportunity to try something new! To allow us to offer you such a good price, we can't take orders for specific varieties, but whatever we decide to send, you won't be disappointed.
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How to grow asparagus
Growing Information
Prepare permanent asparagus beds well in advance of receiving your order so that the crowns can be planted without delay. Choose a sheltered position in full sun. Asparagus beds should be richly fertile and well drained. Remove all weeds, and incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the soil to improve soil structure and fertility. On cold, wet soils the addition of sharp sand or grit will help to improve drainage.
Dig long trenches, 20cm (10") deep by 30cm (12") wide, and fill the bottom of the trench with 7cm (3") of well rotted manure or garden compost. Mound up soil on top of the manure to form a ridge along the length of the trench and place the asparagus crowns on top of ridge with their roots draped over the edge of the ridge at a distance of 45cm (18") apart. Cover the crowns with 7cm (3") of soil and firm them into their positions.
