Asparagus 'Chefs' Choice' Collection

Marshalls Garden

£19.97

Catalogue Code: 10806065

Pre Order Now - Despatched between 1st and 10th of April

Quantity

A tasty threesome of asparagus that shouts value and quantity - supermarkets simply can’t compete with them. Great for growing on your own veg patch or in your garden. Use in dishes to add depth, taste and texture.

Key Features

Hardy perennial
Prefers full sun

Pack Contents: 15 Crowns, 5 of Each Variety

Size: Fully established spread: 1.8m

Height: Fully established: 2m (if left unharvested)

Description

This terrific trio of asparagus contains varieties that make a superb hardy crop and what that means is you will receive a crop every year for at least 10 years!

Not only do they taste better picked freshly from your garden, think of the saving you will be made with 10 years of crops for a great price and if that’s not enough this collection. The perfect companion for harvesting your Asparagus.

We have put this collection together with you in mind. Specifically selecting early, mid-season and late cropping varieties to provide you with the longest cropping time possible.

The collection contains:

5 x Asparagus 'Guelph Eclipse': Enjoy early harvests and lots of thick, tight-tipped spears. Perfect for home-growing.
5 x Asparagus 'Backlim' Award-winning Asparagus ‘Backlim’ is an all-male mid-to-late season cropper producing an abundance of thick, smooth, straight spears with firm tips and excellent flavour.
5 x Asparagus 'Bacchus': This reliable early-cropping asparagus produces high yields of delicious asparagus spears, perfect for steaming, roasting or stir-frying. ‘

Crown Age and Bed Establishment

These crowns are 1 year old and will be in their 2nd year as you plant them this spring. Usually, an asparagus bed takes 3 years to start to be productive if planted with crowns. Best not to harvest any spears in year 1 and maybe 2. If in year 2 there are a lot of spears then the bed is productive, if only a handful, do not cut them and leave them in the ground. The reason for doing this is the energy of the plant needs to be focused on increasing root volume and getting established, rather than energy into spear production. If you keep cutting the spears the plant will naturally want to produce more, rather than producing roots. This will in the long term produce a stronger plant and will produce heavier crops in subsequent seasons.

How you will receive your plants:

Selected by our team of experts and sent from our nursery, you will receive your asparagus crowns from April to May onward in cardboard boxes with cardboard filling. These are designed to keep your plants secure and to prevent damage in transit.

Can’t plant straight away?

You can keep your asparagus crowns in their wrappings for as long as 3-5 days so long as you make sure the soil around the roots is kept moist. You should aim to plant them in their final positions within 5 days.

Planting tips and hints:

Click here to view our full asparagus growing guide.

Growing Calendar

	J Jan	F Feb	M Mar	A Apr	M May	J June	J Jul	A Aug	S Sep	O Oct	N Nov	D Dec
Plant Outdoors
Harvest

Delivery

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*Orders to Northern Ireland have an automatic additional £3.00 delivery surcharge applied at checkout.

Order Type	Delivery Charge	Delivery Charge
Seed only order	£2.99	If you purchase any other items you'll be charged the standard delivery rate of £5.99
Plants, bulbs & gardening accessories	£4.95	If we need to split your order into separate deliveries we'll only charge one delivery fee
Extra large or long plants & heavy items	£9.99	These are clearly displayed at check-out
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