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Asparagus crowns

by Diane - February 15th, 2013.
Filed under: Suttons Seeds.

Delicious and wonderful to pick your own. A lady at the allotment site near me grows it and eats it all on the way home!


Asparagus Crown Plants – Gijnlim
 £29.95
This outstanding variety has been a consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid-June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production and troublesome seedlings in the bed are avoided.We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.

Asparagus Crowns Purple Passion
 £29.95
An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Purple Passion produces a bountiful harvest of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars, and their sugar content is 20% higher too!We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.

Asparagus Crowns – Twin Pack
 £29.95
SAVE £5.95 on this Twin Pack comprising of 20 Crowns (10 of each variety):Gijnlim – This outstanding asparagus has been a consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production and troublesome seedlings in the bed are avoided.Stewarts Purple – An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Purple Passion produces a bountiful harvest of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars, and their sugar content is 20% higher too! We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June.

Asparagus Crown Plants – Gijnlim
 £17.95
Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own? Gijnlim is an outstanding asparagus variety that has been a consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It’s early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid June. It is an ‘all male’ hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production and troublesome seedlings in the bed are avoided.We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.

Asparagus Crowns Purple Passion
 £17.95
An excellent addition to any asparagus planting, Purple Passion produces a bountiful harvest of very mild, sweet-tasting spears that are a delight to eat. The spears are thicker in diameter than green cultivars, and their sugar content is 20% higher too!We supply one year old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked as soon as the year after planting. Plants crop for well over 10 years, and established beds can be cut from emergence of the first spears until mid-late June. Crops for up to 15 years.SAVE £5.95 on pack of 20 crowns!

Asparagus Kit
 £9.99
Why not enjoy your own early asparagus spears from outside your own back door? Asparagus crowns are supplied with 40 litre green planter bags (tough, re-useable, green woven polyethylene bags with holes for drainage and handles for easy moving, as pictured), making them perfect for growing in small spaces such as patios and balconies. Once established, asparagus grown in planters will crop for up to 3 seasons. We have chosen early-cropping Gijnlim, a top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25% BUY 2 GET ONE FREE AND SAVE £9.95!