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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
Asparagus volubilis
Steamrolled Asparagus
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Item #: 6400
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
(syn: Myrsiphyllum volubile) Plantsman Frank Galloway introduced this plant to us after finding it in an old southern garden. This unusual South African species is native in the North, West, and East Cape regions...usually in coastal forests. Asparagus volubilis is one of the best plants to fool your favorite gardening know-it-all. Interestingly, the number one identification guess is podocarpus. If you can imagine an asparagus fern that has been flattened by a steamroller, you have the idea. The leaves, which resemble flat, green plastic strips, adorn the upright, 4' tall, wiry, arching stems...a perfect companion to pink plastic flamingos.
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Genus: Asparagus
Other: Deer Resistant Plants , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Rain Garden Plants