asparagus fern
Americannoun
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“I usually use faux, because I don’t like the mess of real,” she says, but she often weaves natural greenery, such as asparagus fern, into the garland for texture.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
Zanzibar Gem, snake plants, lady palm, pothos and asparagus fern are all notoriously hardy indoor plants, but there are plenty more worth considering.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022
Mrs. Sloan comes out "forcibly" against the asparagus fern, whose "color, texture and scale are all bad."
From Time Magazine Archive
If an asparagus fern turns yellow, repot it, giving it a strong loam enriched with one-fifth very old and finely crumbed manure and add a little coarse sand.
From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous
The old-fashioned rooms were hung with smilax and asparagus fern, and in every window stood a pot of flowering fuchsias.
From Entertaining Made Easy by Burt, Emily Rose
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