Asparagus: A sample of elegance and sophistication

Asparagus (lat. Asparagus) belongs to the genus asparagus, which brings together nearly 300 species of herbaceous woody vines and shrubs. It is believed that asparagus birthplace - South America, East Africa, Vietnam, but in fact he feels fine in almost any climate zone and on every continent.

Features

Asparagus - a very unpretentious house plant, but at the same time a model of elegance and refinement. Decorative give him a small red or black berries, beads and needle-like leaves, phylloclades (modified stems that purchased a sheet form and perform photosynthesis, while the true leaves at such plants are represented by scales and spikes).

Kinds

Florists bred quite a number of species of asparagus, but the most common are the Asparagus pinnate Asparagus and Sprenger (or Ethiopian).

Asparagus pinnate - evergreen perennial with light green stems, vines, reaching a height of 2 m. Side shoots are slightly curved, like large feathers or lace fern leaves with small leaves-strings. This is a very beautiful, elegant plant. After flowering, it appears orange berries.

Sprenger Asparagus - climbing shrub. The stems are bare, with a bristle, bent, small shoots. It is the most popular type of asparagus. Thick, creeping branches covered curved light green phylloclades collected into a bundle, grow in length and 1.5 meters. In May, the flowering period begins and lasts 2 months. Bundles of delicate fragrant buds in August turn into red berries, which ripen one seed from which you can then get a new copy.

Features care asparagus

In order for it to be bright and dense foliage, you should consider a few simple rules:

• the plant can live in any light in the room.

• asparagus not like heat, they should contain at t air not exceeding 20 C °.

• summer watering must be active, ie. K. The shortage of water leaves dry and crumble, and in winter asparagus moderate amount of moisture is required.

• Pot is better to choose large, so well developed root system.