Asparagus scandens

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Read about Asparagus scandens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Asparagus scandens, Thunb. A slender climbing vine up to 6 ft.: sts. green, branching freely above: branches with twigs and cladodes in one plane, suggesting A. filicinus somewhat: cladodes flat, long, lanceolate-falcate, 3-5 in.: fascicle ¼-½ in. long, central one longest, glabrous, light green: lf.-scale minute, base not spined: fls. pendulous, solitary or paired in axils, greenish white, ⅙ in. diam., perianth spreading, segms. elliptic-oblong: berry globose, ⅙ in. diam., red, 1-seeded. S. Afr. B.M. 7675. G.C. III. 33:339.—One of the weaker-growing kinds of ornamental asparagus, thriving well in an intermediate house. A good decorative plant when grown in strings for table decoration; also good as a pot-plant. Var. deflexus. Similar to type but with branches deflexed: cladodes stiffer and smaller: fls. smaller: seed often white. G.W. 5:446; 13:301. A. crispus is often sold under this name, but is easily distinguished by its 3-angled cladodes (see discussion under No. 5). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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