Purple Passion Asparagus

Rich Color, Record Yields

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Larger, sweeter and tastier spears than green types. Stalks turn green when cooked. Zones 2-9.

To ensure top quality, asparagus and rhubarb will be shipped in late October.

This item will ship in fall 2012.
If our fall shipping season is closed, your order will be shipped the following fall.

Product Details

Zones: 2 - 9 (-50° F.)
Height: 4 - 5 feet
Spacing: space trenches 3-4' apart
Depth: 18" apart in trenches 6 inches deep (8 inches in light soil)
Spread: 1 1/2-2'
Sun/Shade: full sun-partial shade
Color: Spears start out green and turn purple at maturity.
Foliage: very fine, airy, ferny foliage, will grow to be 4-6' tall

Comments: This asparagus is sweeter than common green asparagus. Unique mild nutty flavor when cooked. Harvest spears when 6-10 inches tall and leaf bracts at tips are still tightly closed. Feathery foliage is a good backdrop to other perennial plantings and lovely used as greenery in bouquets. Hardy to -30 degrees F., RESTRICTED STATES, AE, AK, GU, HI, PR
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Purple Passion Asparagus Ships In The Fall
Unable to ship to: AE AK GU HI PR

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