Asparagus 'Pacific Purple' (Asparagus Pacific Purple Crowns)

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Asparagus 'Pacific Purple' (Asparagus Pacific Purple Crowns)

£2.49

Position: full sun
Soil: moderately-fertile, well-drained soil
Rate of growth: average
Other features: asparagus spears are delicious lightly steamed and served with melted butter; suitable for freezing; disease-resistant variety; asparagus should be allowed to establish into a strong plant before harvesting
Hardiness: fully hardy
Thick, tasty, purple spears are produced in May and early June. This is a high yielding variety that is super sweet when cooked. Not only does it make a delcious meal but the ferny foliage is also decorative in summer. Asparagus are ideal for growing in a sheltered sunny area of the vegetable garden or allotment in well prepared ground, to which lots of manure or compost has been added the previous autumn.Garden care: Keep the area weed free and water plants during dry weather. In autumn cut down the ferny stems once they have turned yellow. Before the spears appear in spring make a ridge of soil over each row and apply a dressing of Growmore.

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