Asparagus Crowns

[Bex]

I'm looking to order some, any recommendations re varieties, the books seem to have two or three varieties in them, just wondered what you've found to be the best.

[pipkins]

Do you mind if I join you Bex?

I too am very interested in what others recommend.

[Bex]

Do you mind if I join you Bex?

I too am very interested in what others recommend.

Not at all, as it's a 'permanent' fixture we want to get it right.

[Paulottie]

There are quite a lot of new-fangled hybrid varieties out there. I grow Dutch fi (supposedly all male but not) crowns. Gijnlym, Grolym and Backlym...because my Mum is Dutch...and partly because they were available 6 years ago. I have used these to seed another bed.

Before that I grew Connivar's Colossal a trad English OP variety strong growth, big spears and a flavour that I still think takes some beating.

[Jeanied]

My experience with asparagus has been so patchy - I planted Connover's collossal originally but only some of them took and others sent up one tiny shoot then died - I now have a mixture of varieties, so my advice it to put in any one that seems to be growing strongly! It also means I have shoots at different times and some are red, some green!

[pipkins]

Thanks

How many crowns for 2 people?

[Paulottie]

Depends how much you like it/ how many people you know. I'd say 24 is a reasonable worthwhile bed.