After the flower comes the fruit, after the fruit comes the plant
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 06:33AM Last year I was surprised and delighted to discover tiny flowers on the large asparagus fern that lives on my front porch in the summer. This morning I stepped onto the porch and discovered what looks like tiny little green tomatoes sprouting:
With a quick google search I learned that the fruit of the asparagus is called a berry and will, apparently, turn red. I also learned that those berries are poisonous, so I will be discarding them so the dogs can't sample them, therefore I may never know if they would, indeed, turn red given the chance.
While we're talking about botany, do you remember the avocado seed I managed to sprout after 30 years of trying?
Look at it now!
It's not the most attractive shape and it will soon outgrow its pot, but I've managed to keep it alive and growing for over a year now--and that's quite a feat!
Reader Comments (3)
I'm always excited when something survives a year under my care :0)
Amazing- you must have "brown finger" as they say in the UK! I wonder if you will ever see flowers and fruit on that particular plant?
That is awesome, Kim! Congratulations! We used to have an avocado tree in our backyard when we lived in Venezuela, and it was HUGE - like, 30 feet tall. I hope yours stays small enough for you to pick the fruit from a normal point!!