| Description | A variety of Asparagus fern Sprengeri with very lacey foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (ass-SPAR-uh-gus) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Indoor Foliage |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-10, sunset 12-24 |
| Sunlight | bright to moderate |
| Moisture | Prefers to be kept evenly moist. Occasionally letting the plant get dry won't kill it. Letting it get bone dry will cause a massive leaf drop. Over watering will also cause yellowing and leaf drop. |
| Growing Media | average house |
| Temperature | average house |
| Flowers | The flowers are: small, white, waxy, fragrant and have bright yellow/orange anthers. T |
| Fruit | Fruit starts green and ripens to red. The black seeds are small to medium in size. |
| Leaves | This plant is more upright and shrubby in appearance than "Sprengeri". The branched are lacey and arranged in horizontal planes. The leaves are really not leaves but small-flattened stems called cladodes. Develops thorns with age. |
| Roots | The plant rapidly produces strong root masses. Many of the roots will have bulbous fleshy masses. These can act as water storage devices. |
| Maintenance | As the plants gets older the roots will fill up most any size pot and the plant will push itself out of the pot. Not as fast growing as "Sprengeri". |
| Propagation | The most common way is to grow from seed. The seeds are hard and black I have germinated the seeds by directly seeding them and also soaking them over night. Both methods seem to work equally well. Older plants can be divided. |
| Misc Facts | (syn. Asparagus plumosus) |
| Author's Notes | This Asparagus fern has lacey foliage and doesn't seem to get as big as the others. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf),#21-Indoor Gardening (Chicago Botanical Gardens Staff), #70-Indoor Plants (Courtuer and Clark),#158-Plantepedia (Maggie Stuckey) |
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