Vegetables

Asparagus

A twenty-year crop: plant crowns in winter, then wait before your first real pick.

Asparagus officinalis · Vegetables · Perennial

When to plant Asparagus in Australia

Sourced timing by broad climate zone. Zones with no sourced timing for an action are left out rather than estimated.

Plant out seedlings: Cool — Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep; Temperate — Feb, May, Jun, Aug; Subtropical — Apr, Jun; Tropical — May; Arid — Jun, Jul, Aug
Harvest: Cool, Temperate, Subtropical, Tropical, Arid — 1095 days after planting out

Australian planting guide by climate zone

Sourced guidance by broad climate zone, shown as fixed months, timing relative to sowing or planting, or written growing advice. Your GrowCal calendar applies your regional growing profile, so its dates may sit earlier or later than the months below.

Asparagus planting timing by Australian climate zone
Action	Cool	Temperate	Subtropical	Tropical	Arid
Sow	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown
Plant out	Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep Details Plant in February. Plant in June-July. Plant in September. Plant crowns in July-August.	Feb, May, Jun, Aug Details Plant in February. Plant in May-June. Plant in August.	Apr, Jun Details Plant in April. Plant in June.	May Details Plant in May.	Jun, Jul, Aug Details Plant in June-August.
Feed	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown
Prune	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown
Pest check	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown	No sourced timing currently shown
Harvest	1095 days after planting outRelative Details First harvest about three years after planting, then an 8-10 week picking window each spring.	1095 days after planting outRelative Details First harvest about three years after planting, then an 8-10 week picking window each spring.	1095 days after planting outRelative Details First harvest about three years after planting, then an 8-10 week picking window each spring.	1095 days after planting outRelative Details First harvest about three years after planting, then an 8-10 week picking window each spring.	1095 days after planting outRelative Details First harvest about three years after planting, then an 8-10 week picking window each spring.

Only sourced growing and timing guidance is shown.

Care guidance

Sourced advice for Asparagus that isn't tied to a month.

Mature plants are planted as crowns in winter into raised, well-drained mounds.
Cut fronds to the base once they yellow in autumn, then top up with compost.
Male plants crop better and carry less weed risk than seed-bearing females.
The Gardening Australia plant-finder page titled 'Asparagus' (9627846) actually describes winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus); it is registered but deliberately not cited for any asparagus claim.

About this data

This schedule is part of GrowCal's preview horticultural dataset — useful as general guidance, and still being validated. Conditions vary with your soil, aspect, frost and variety. Read more on the data & methodology page, or send us a correction.

Other plants in the GrowCal dataset, mostly from the same category.

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