What is white asparagus? Perhaps you’ve enjoyed this European delicacy in fancy restaurants and found the mild, nutty flavor more appealing than the grassy, bitter taste of green asparagus. If so, you probably want white asparagus growing in your garden, but here’s the real head-scratcher. There are no varieties of white asparagus! So how does white asparagus grow? What is White Asparagus If you’ve ever watched seedlings sprout on a wet paper towel, you’ve probably noticed the stems are white and the leaves are pale yellow. These sprouts aren’t green because they have not begun producing chlorophyll, which is the green pigment that gives herbaceous plants their color. Some plants, like asparagus, won’t produce chlorophyll until they’ve been exposed to sunlight. So what is white asparagus? It’s simple: Asparagus shoots which haven’t seen the light of day. Any variety of green asparagus can be deprived of sunlight to produce white […]
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