The softest and laciest of the asparagus is the asparagus fern, Asparagus setaceus. The extremely small ‘leaves’ (or ‘cladodes’) are less than a quarter of an inch long. The tiny and mostly unnoticed pale white flowers that bloom sporadically in warm weather make it obvious that asparagus fern is not really a fern. (Ferns do not bloom.) If any green berries develop, they are toxic.
The wiry perennial stems can climb like vines to almost reach upstairs eaves, although most get less than half as high. Individual plants produce only a few stems, rarely more than ten. Pruning out old deteriorating stems stimulates new growth. Potted asparagus fern eventually gets crowded with swollen roots, so needs to graduate to larger pots. As a houseplant, it needs regular watering.
Just learned some things about these!! I have never liked them much, but that’s because they’re always potted. Now, outside, they would be quite different, but i doubt they would work here.
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They can be weedy and difficult to get rid of if they happen to seed where they are not wanted. I happen to like them in the right spot.
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I love the Asparagus fern. We had one for thirty years and it was at least twenty years old when we inherited. Sadly it died when we were away for a month and I forgot to ask the person looking after the garden to water my two house plants.
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How sad to lose a houseplant that was half a century old!
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