Asparagus
Genus
Also called asparagus plant, sparrow grass, garden asparagus, wild asparagus, Asparagus officinalis
Connections
Fact sheet
every fact quoted from its source“Perennial” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
“730–1095 days” — Asparagus Planting Guide | Zones, Dates & Tips
“365 days from transplant to the first harvest” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
“Sun: Full sun” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
“Water: Moderate water” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
“Hardiness: Hardy” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
“Plant 1-year-old crowns in spring, 4 weeks before the last frost” — Free Asparagus Planting Date Calculator — When to Plant (2026) | AgroRates
“with a picking window of roughly 45 days after that” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
“doesn't transplant well” — Asparagus Planting Guide | Zones, Dates & Tips
“Good neighbors for Asparagus: TomatoBasil” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
“Better kept apart: OnionGarlic” — Growing Asparagus: Spacing, Sun, Maturity & Harvest · Dibble
Who grows this
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Where this comes from
- Name and place in the family tree: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC BY 4.0)
- Linked record: Wikidata (CC0)
- Wikipedia: Asparagus
- Fact sheet: 3 source pages, read and quoted by the OmniGrowers Librarian