Asparagus (Asparagaceae) BSWJ8814

schoberioides

A perennial or herbaceous species which is dormant in winter retreating to a woody base. Forming a bush of flexuous wiry green stems clothed in small flattish leaves affording a soft ferny effect, to 75 cm tall. Bearing small greenish flowers in the summer followed by red globose fruit by the autumn on female plants. From one of our wild collected seed we found on the island of Chejudõ the southern most island of South Korea in the autumn of 2001. Easily grown in any type of fertile drained soil in sun or shade.