Buying Asparagus Plants and Seeds

Buying asparagus plants or seeds is an investment you need to make carefully. The resulting asparagus bed will be with you for a long time so be sure you are buying based on quality rather than price. Make sure you distinguish between hybrid and non hybrid varieties.

We've been reviewing the market to see what is out there and save you some leg-work. If you have a local grower or nursery that sell good quality plants that you can take a look at before you buy then all well and good, but if you don't have anything local then hopefully this review will be a starting point. 

Be sure to read about asparagus plants generally and the different varieties and there pros and cons before you make your purchase.

if you know of a good supplier that we should be listing here please contact us, we can't know about suppliers all over the world although we are learning!!.

Buying Asparagus Plants in the USA / Canada

Supplier

Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co.

Varieties

Mary Washington Improved

Jeresy Knight Hybrid

Jersey Supreme

Purple Passion

Jersey Giant

Asparabest


No.

10 crowns 1yr

10 crowns 2yr

10 crowns giant grade



10 crowns

Cost

$14.99


$24.99

$34.99


$19.99

Growers Solution

Jersey Giant

Jersey Knight

Viking KB-3 Mary Washington

Jeresy Supreme


25 crowns

$24.95

Asparagus Gardener

2 & 3 yr old crowns

Jersey Supreme

Jersey Giant

Jersey Knight

25 crowns for $75

Sandy Shore Farms

Minimum order 25 crowns

Millenium

Sweet Purple

Mary Washington

All $1 per crown minimum 25 crowns

West Coast Seeds

Jersey Knight

UC157 F1

UC157 F2

16 Seeds

21 Seeds

54 Seeds

$5.99

$4.99

$2.99

Seedman.com

IP077 Argentuil

VG102 Mary Washington

80 Seeds

50 Seeds

$2.75

$2.25

Buying Asparagus Plants in the UK

Supplier

Variety

No.

Price

Dobies

Ariane F1

Pacific 2000

Mondeo

Pacific Purple

Guelph Millennium

Gijnlim

Stewarts Purple

Gijnlim

Darlise

Dariana

F1 Ariane

10 seeds

10 crowns





1 potted plant




12 Plug Plants

£2.19

£17.99





£11.99




£9.99

Marshalls Seeds

crowns are 1 year old

Ariane

Backlim

Gijnlim

Millenium

Pacific Purple

Pacific 2000

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

£14.95

£14.95

£14.95

£14.95

£14.95

£14.95

Suttons Seeds

F1 Ariane

Mondeo

Purple Pacific

Pacific 2000

Guleph Millennium

Gijnlim

Stewarts Purple

Gijnlim

Darlise

F1 Ariane

10 seeds

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

1 potted plant

1 potted plant

1 potted plant

12 Plug Plants

£2.99

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£11.99

£11.99

£11.99

£9.99

Unwins

Atlas

Conovers Colossal

Backlim

Pacific Purple

Millennium

Gijnlim

Ariane

12 Seeds

120 Seeds

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

£3.99

£1.99

£14.95

£14.95

£14.95

£12.95

£14.95

Premier Seeds Direct via Amazon!

Mary Washington

200 seeds

£1.49

Mr Fothergill

Has autumn planting Guelph Millenium & Mondeo although despatch from 9th February 2015 seems a little odd!!!

Ariane

Pacific 2000

Pacific Purple

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

£10.95

£10.95

£10.95

SeeKay Horticultural Supplies

Free P&P

Connover's Colossal

Mary Washington

50 seeds

60 seeds

£0.99

£0.99

Just Seed

Also sells bulk seeds

Connover's Colossal

Jersey Knight F1

Mary Washington

175 seeds

10 seeds

175 seeds

£0.89

£1.75

£0.89

Thompson & Morgan

Connover's Colossal

Pacific 2000

Mondeo

Guelph Millenium

Pacific Challenger

Ariane

Pacific Purple

Amaro Montina

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

10 crowns

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£17.99

£19.99

Nickys Nursery

Backlim

Connovers Colossal

Gijnlim

Purple Pacific

Theilim


10 Seeds

70 Seeds

10 Seeds

10 Seeds

10 Seeds

£3.65

£1.20

£3.65

£3.65

£3.65

The Organic Gardening Catalogue

Mondeo

Pacific 2000

Stewarts Purple

10 crowns


£14.95

Asparagus in Kent

Ginjlim

Guelph Millenium

Per crown (Minimum 10)

£1.45

Buying Asparagus Plants in New Zealand

Supplier

Variety

No.

Price

Kings Seeds

Mary Washington

Sweet Purple

157 F1 (out of stock)

Jeresy Knight F1

100 seeds

40 seeds

70 seeds

50 seeds

$4.75

$4.75

$4.75

$4.75




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