GURNEY'S - Jersey Knight Hybrid Jumbo Asparagus Dormant Bare Root Vegetable Roots 10 Jumbo 3 Year Old Plant Roots per Offer

- Each offer includes 10 jumbo grade bareroots. These are 3 year old bare roots and can be lightly harvested after the first year. - Purple Passion is grown for the stems or spears, a well tended planting yields 8 to 10 pounds or more per 100 square feet of bed or 24 to 30 pounds per 100 feet of row. Cut before spear exceeds 5". - Cut emerging asparagus before the spear exceeds 5 inches. After harvest, asparagus must be completely dormant before mowing. Mow late Winter or early Spring. - Grows up to 60 inches tall and 18 inches wide - Hardy in USDA zones 3 to 8 - Botanical name: Asparagus officinalis 'Purple Passion'