Scientific Name: Asparagus densiflorus 'Myersii'
Common Name: foxtail fern
Family Name: Asparagaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering cut plant, Indoor foliage plant
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Upright
Form: Mounded
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Cut flower or foliage, Floristry, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Alkaline
Leaves: Compound, Fern-like, Alternate, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Acicular, Entire
Flowers: Panicle, White, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Orange, Red, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Branches erect, dense, forming cylindrical plumes (bushy like a fox's tail); foliage is lime green, leaf-like cladodes in clusters of 3, linear-elliptic, most 6-9mm long x ~1mm wide.