Millennium Asparagus Plant
Description
Millennium Asparagus is a productive perennial garden plant that produces high-quality spears that are tender and delicious – your kids will be asking for more!
With excellent freezing quality, this versatile veggie can be used in salads, cooked, frozen, pickled, grilled, steamed, and added to stir fry. Asparagus is rich in vitamin B and C, calcium and iron.
Developed at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, this variety is cold-hardy and tolerant to harsh winters – but is also a top performer in hot harvesting seasons. You can be successful growing this vegetable in a wide range of soil types – even heavy clay. Millennium Asparagus is also rust-resistant, making it a low-maintenance plant to grow in the garden. This perennial can be enjoyed for 15-25 years with proper maintenance.
Each order comes with a pack of 10 bare-root asparagus starts.
Characteristics
| Bloom Color | Yellow |
| Fruit Color | Green |
| Fruit Size | Medium - Large |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 3 - 9 |
| Pollination | Not Required |
| Ripens/Harvest | April Thru May |
| Shade/Sun | Full Sun |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained |
| Soil pH Level | 6.5 - 7.0 |
| Texture | Crisp, Crunchy |
| Years to Bear | 3 |
Zone Compatibility
Pollination
Pollination is not required for this variety.
Tools & Supplies
Planting & Care
Learn all about how to grow asparagus plants in The Growing Guide. An entire section of our website dedicated to your growing success.
Questions & Answers
This is called lime sulfer and it is put on the plants to prevent molding during shipping. You can wash off or plant with it on it will not harm the plants.
Thank you for your question. Our asparagus crowns come in a package of 10, which are one-year-old crowns.
As long as it has an open bottom--no landscaping cloth, etc. The roots go down at least 12' according to many books on the topic.
This is called lime sulfer and it is put on the plants to prevent molding during shipping. You can wash off or plant with it on it will not harm the plants.
If you are starting asparagus for the first time, we would plant 5 to 10 asparagus plants per person.
Yes they do! Make sure you weed early in the year and mulch with asparagus and they come back better each year! The Millennium comes back here in Northeastern Ohio just fine. I use chopped leaves in the fall to mulch, about two inches and then gardener's straw, the sticky stuff with no weed seeds, in the spring. Good luck!
Yes - This variety is compatible in all of zone 9.
We appreciate you reaching out to us. Because weather and soil conditions vary so much from year to year and even within your zone, it's best to think of your planting time as a range of favorable conditions instead of an exact time.
You can plant new plants and trees:
1) when the ground is not frozen.
2) when daytime temperatures are above freezing (32ºF) and below 90ºF.
3) when extreme weather (blizzard, hail, torrential rain, etc.) is not in the forecast. Be sure to keep plants watered if you're transplanting in warm and/or dry weather.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
Planted ours in 2 different areas on our new 3 acre property. Every root came up for 2 seasons now. Have deer every morning but they don't bother the asparagus.
These are 1 year crowns and they will not begin to produce for 3 years. They won't spread out much in the first couple of years, but once established, they will quickly fill in.
Customer Reviews
Cold Hardy variety and will produce for years to come. I love asparagus but not impressed with whats in the grocery store so after I found out how easy it is to grow I bought a few different kinds.…
I love asparagus
Value
Increasing bed this year and same plants as before