Mary Washington Asparagus Plant

Planting two different varieties of asparagus together will help both varieties produce a bigger crop, but any self-pollinating variety will produce a crop without another variety nearby. So the answer is yes, you can plant them together, and you'll be glad you did. :-) In answer to Tommy's question, a pollinating partner is simply another variety of asparagus with a similar bloom time (all varieties bloom at essentially the same time). The same variety (i.e., two Mary Washington plants) will not pollinate one another; they have to be different varieties.

You will get some the second year and then it will continue increase in production the following years. Asparagus can live 15-20 years and you can divide it several years after it has been established in your garden, just know that it's like starting over with new crowns.

If you do not harvest they will grow to at least seven feet the third year and
afterward. Do not harvest the first or second year to allow them to grow in strength.
The stalks will be much smaller the first two years, rising to three feet max (assuming
that you bought ONE year old roots). Let them be for the next two years then. Harvest the third
year.

Asparagus is a perennial plant that grows for years. It is ready to cut in the Spring, and you can keep cutting as long as shoots keep appearing. Once they are ready to cut, you can continue for a month, maybe two at the most, and then you let the shoots grow into full-size plants and wait until next year. Weather and moisture will determine the start of the harvesting time and how long it will last. When you start cutting you need to keep it up or the spears will get too big and woody.

Great question. The asparagus roots will vary in size. I would say generally speaking most could be fit into 6-8 inch pots, but some will probably seemed crammed. Depending on how many plants you ordered, you may want to pick some bigger pots with a little more room especially if you forsee them being in those pots a good portion of the spring. Basically the longer they are gonna sit in pots the bigger you want your pots to be, but if you have a lot of plants (20+) then that gets to be a lot more work I understand. They will start sprouting/growing relatively quick once they arrive. I hope this helps. Nick.

My asparagus took about 3 weeks to come up. I am on year 2 and they all came back plus more. I picked a few and looking forward to next year to be able to harvest more.

No, Mary Washington asparagus does not spread by seeds aggressively. It is an heirloom variety that produces both male and female plants, meaning the female plants can produce seeds.

You can comfortably fit around 10-12 asparagus plants in a 3.5' x 5' raised bed, spacing them about 12-18 inches apart.

Thank you for your question. Our asparagus crowns come in a package of 10, which are one-year-old crowns.

Thank you for your question. Our asparagus crowns come in a package of 10, which are one-year-old crowns.