Wild Asparagus Shatavari Asparagus racemosus 20 Seeds USA Company

Asparagus racemosus, shatavari, is a species of asparagus common throughout Nepal, Sri Lanka, India and the Himalayas. It grows 3-6 ft tall and prefers to take root in gravelly, rocky soils high up in piedmont plains. Satavari has small pine-needle-like phylloclades (photosynthetic branches) that are uniform and shiny green. In July, it produces minute, white flowers on short, spiky stems, and in September it fruits, producing blackish-purple, globular berries. It has an adventitious root system with tuberous roots that measure about one meter in length, tapering at both ends, with roughly a hundred on each plant. Asparagus racemosus is an important plant in traditional medicine in tropical and subtropical India.

Growing Instructions

1. Soak the seed in water for several hours.

2. The seeds like moist, well-drained soil. Prepare a mixture of half potting soil and half sand, perlite or vermiculite. Put the soil in a pot. Water the mixture so that it is moist but not wet.

3. Put the seeds on the soil.

4. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil.

5. Water the seeds.

6. Place the pots in an area with warm temperatures in full sun or part shade.

7. When the seedlings are a few inches tall, they can be transplanted.