| Scientific Name: | Asparagus retrofractus |
| Common Name: | Ming fern, pom pom 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: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Spreading |
| Form: | Irregular |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Hanging basket, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Fern-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Acicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Orange, Red, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Fern-like to some, stem zig-zags; leaves reduced to scales; cladophylls needle-like, 1-3cm long x about 0.5mm wide, in clusters of 20-30 forming a "pom pom". | |