'White Hawk' Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis Origin: Colorado Improvement Status: Wild Seeds per packet: ~15 BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED Life cycle: Perennial This is a really exciting single plant selection from Andy Hahn, a longtime EFN collaborator and source of some of our most popular seeds. As he mentions below, this may be the only time this particular seed is ever offered.From Andy: "I am working on developing an asparagus that produces well when grown without irrigation here in Colorado (dry land). My plants are still small and only starting to produce, but this year the plant that was largest contributor to my genepool produced a huge crop of seeds. It is a plant that is growing in the middle of an open dry field and consistently produces large tasty spears (I and others harvest from it every year) with no supplemental water. Most feral asparagus here grows in hedgerows and on fence lines where there is a source of water and shade, but this one is happy baking in the sun. It is on