aspargus pea in pots....

[muslimgrower]

asparagus *

i am liking the look of this unusual looking veggie plant, first time growing it though, i have a few in different sized containers, they grow like a ground cover plant, they have really nice red wine colored flowers and you can eat the "FLUTES" which taste like aspargus and pea the leafs close up at night too,

[muslimgrower]

they are part of the legume family, so will fix your nitrogen when the plant dies unfortunately for me i am growing them in pots, haha !!

[Paulottie]

Mmmn...been a decade for me since last growing these. To be polite to them...Interesting, fun and unusual! In honesty... just about ok(ish)to eat when very young but really best dug in as a green manure!...stringy horrid things.

[piskieinboots]

I agree with Paulottie - they sound and look much nicer than they are, sadly

[Florence Fennel]

I've always fancied these, but I'll give them a miss I think.

[taff]

I grew them a few years ago, I liked the flowers...

[Matt94]

i too am growing them for the first time this year - if i dont like the taste of them, atleast i can say ive tried them, and im sure they will raise a few eyebrows in this years exotic/unusual veg catergory in the local show lol

[piskieinboots]

As Taff says, the flowers are really nice

[vegnut]

I agree with Paulottie. Stringy horrid things !!! But they do look pretty, so maybe in the ornamental border