Asparagus Crowns - Continuity Collection An early, medium and late variety, this collection has something for everyone! Why pay expensive prices for this luxury item when you can grow your own in the same area as a small shed! Full growing instructions provided. The collection contains 30 crowns (10 of each variety): Backlim - RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. This asparagus is a delicious flavour, good yields, and disease resistance. A late variety. Harvest April-June. Height 100-150cm (39-59"); spread 50-60cm (20-24"). Guelph Millennium - This is a late-season variety, bred in Canada. This asparagus plant is at its best in the UK during the month of June. Now considered to be the best late-season cultivar, it's an All-Male hybrid, boasting excellent spear and head quality, combined with fantastic yield. Gijnlim - A consistent top performer in recent trials, out-yielding others by up to 25%. It's early too, giving the first succulent tasty spears in mid to late April and continuing to crop heavily until mid-June. It is an 'all-male' hybrid, forming no seeds which means all its energies go into spear production. Height 100-150cm (39-59").Caring for your Continuity Collection Asparagus remains productive for up to 20 years, and established beds can be cut from the first spears until mid-late June (after which the attractive ferns should be left to grow). We supply one-year-old crowns, grown in East Anglia, which can be picked the year after planting. Allow 30-40cm (12-18) between crowns. Full growing instructions provided.