Re: Asparagus Fern

Yes, very funny!  I love Asparagus Fern. I've never observed the thorns which you speak of, but I love the dark purple shiney berries it gets on it this time of year.  I've never tried it, but might this plant do ok inside by a bright sunny window for the duration of winter?  It tends to like the shade of my patio here in the desert, right along side the houseplants that I grow outdoors -- wandering jew, spider plant, etc.

All mine are in containers...maybe that is why they don't spread rampant in my garden ;)  How old or big is it before it gets thorns?  Mine are about 3 years old.

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Nan Sterman wrote:

>Is there a way to overwinter asparagus fern for a zone 5 gardener? I suspect
>the tubers could be saved, but how?
>

Export it to southern California to join all its sister and brother
tubers in taking over my garden  ;  }

Sorry for being sarcastic but that stuff is just a pest around here
-- and at at one point in its growth cycle, it develops nasty thorns.
Funny how one person's treasured plant is anothers hated pest

N
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