Bridal creeper
Common weeds
- Scientific name
- Asparagus asparagoides
- Description
- Delicate green climber, growing period is autumn-winter. Roots form a mat of branching fleshy tubers. Plants die back during summer.
- Weed category
- Weed of national significance.
- How to indentify
- Leaves are shiny, broad oval to lance-shaped, with parallel veins. Single, white to pale green bell-shaped flowers to 10mm across. Green berry to 10mm which ripens to red.
- How it spreads
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- Birds
- Animals
- Rhizome pieces
- Suggested plant replacement
- Removal methods
- Plant specific removal methods
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Hand weed ensuring to remove all roots/tubers. Cut aerial stems/berries before seeds form. Dispose all plant material with care not to leave any remaining roots.
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- Thank you to Shire of Yarra Ranges for assistance in compiling this directory
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