Mazhar Botanic Garden

Asparagus densiflorus Sprengeri (Kunth) Jessop

Emerald fern

Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Asparagus
Species: densiflorus
Cultivar / variety: Sprengeri
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000959
Common name: Emerald fern
English name: Sprengeri asparagus fern
Native: South Africa
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Evergreen perennial, scrambling, grow 1 m long leaves fine-textured flowers yellow-green fruit bright red berry

ornamental. ground cover. landscape.

Texture: Adaptable
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Humidity
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds- division
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9 : 11
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Under Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Beds & borders Borders Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen

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