Scientific Name: Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
Common Name: Sprengeri asparagus fern
Family Name: Asparagaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering cut plant, Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: < 0.1m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Pendulous
Form: Weeping
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Needle-like, Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Tripinnate, Acicular, Entire
Flowers: Panicle, White, Jun-Aug
Fruit: Berry (true), Red, Jun-Nov
Key ID Features:
Foliage of flattened, needle-like cladodes (resembles a fern to some); leaves reduced to tiny spines.