Mary Washington Asparagus

Recommended Use: Cooking

Fruit Size: Medium

Storage: Keeps about a week when refrigerated

Harvest: April & May

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 3

Soil Preference: Sandy loam, very tolerant of salt

Flowering Time: Summer

Bloom Colour: Green

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, female plants of this variety will produce seeds without another asparagus plant

Sun/Shade Requirements:

Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily), can tolerate partial shade but will have reduced yields

General Growth Habits:

Grows uniform stalks, vigorous and hardy. Resistant to rust.

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Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of trees across Canada (except BC due to CFIA regulations). We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courrier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc. We really appreciate if you can make an appointment to pick up, then we can be as organized as possible during our busy season.

Mary Washington Asparagus comes as the following grade:

-1 year rooted crown

Our bareroot perennial vegetables are sold as root crowns or tubers and will often have little to no vegetative growth on them.

Orders that are cancelled last minute due to size (being "too small"), will still incur the applicable cancellation fees if the plants are true to our grading standards as per the agreement of sale when the order was placed.

Like with our other plants, we recommend planting our perennial vegetables dormant so the transplanting process is less stressful on them. As a result, they may not look like much when you receive them but they tend to start growing fairly quickly.