Terra Gardens in Salem is selling 1-year-old plants, which look like a crown of roots. They have the asparagus varieties ‘Sweet Purple,’ ‘Mary Washington’ and ‘Jersey Knight’ for 99 ...

In the early 20th century, a destructive fungal disease called asparagus rust affected asparagus crops around the world. When ...

Related: 10 Plants to Never Grow Next to Asparagus, According to Master ... then you can't go wrong with the green Mary Washington or the violet Purple Passion. Most experts recommend growing ...

Asparagus plants are male and female ... (Photo by Alice Cason) Recommended disease-resistant varieties include Mary Washington, the most popular green asparagus. It produces thick, uniform ...

Mary Washington and U.C. 157 because testing has revealed these varieties work well in our growing conditions. When you are trying to decide where to plant your asparagus crowns, you need to be ...

I love asparagus and ... varieties such as Mary Washington or Martha Washington. There are both open pollinated hybrids and predominantly male hybrids. Male plants yield more than females, so ...

Do you love asparagus and wish you could go outside and pick your own? If you have a well-drained spot that gets at least six hours of direct sun each day, perhaps this is the year you can start ...

If you're interested in open-pollinated varieties, however, then you can't go wrong with the green Mary Washington or the ... the spears from established asparagus plants when they're about ...