General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet (61-91cm)
Plant Spread: 3 to 4 feet (91-122cm)
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: 1/4 inch green berries mature to red
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Dioecious

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Common names
  • Foxtail Fern
  • Asparagus Fern

Photo Gallery
Location: My yard, Utah
Date: 2014-09-30
autumn migration (headed back inside)
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-03
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-14

Date: 2024-03-14
Uploaded by Hamwild
Location: Seminole County, Florida, United States
Date: 2019-12-27
A nearly all-white sport.

Date: 2024-03-14
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Norwalk, California
Date: 2020-01-18
This beautiful fern was spootted at a gas station in California l
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-09-27
ripe fruits
Location: Florida
Date: 6/30/2023
Foxtail fern (Asparagus densiflorus)

Date: 2018-10-15
Location: Centennial Park Conservatory, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date: 2013-03-16
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
variegated
Location: Houston
Date: 2013-02-25
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-10-22 
Photo taken at Washington Oaks State Park, Palm Coast, Florida
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: August 2012
Location: St. Augustine, FL.
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Sumatera Indonesia
Date: 2017-09-27
flowers and unripe fruit
Uploaded by piksihk
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-10-22
Location: DFW, Texas (zone 8)
Date: 2016-04-14
Indoors in the bathroom
Location: Marianna, Florida panhandle
Date: 2017-05-10
Location: Lindon, Utah
Date: 2011-10-20
At a nursery
Location: Lindon, Utah
Date: 2011-10-20
At a nursery

Date: 2013-03-06
Location: Houston
Date: 2013-02-25
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MySecretIslandGarden On May 2, 2023 Transplanted
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