Asparagus Island "Ospra" hit Asparagus Island in the early hours of Sunday, 6 May 1832. She was carrying sugar and coffee (worth £10,000), on a voyage from Havana to Hamburg. The crew, with the exception of one man who drowned, climbed onto the island and walked ashore at dawn. Both the vessel and cargo were a total loss. The wreck became known in local legend, as the ″coffee wreck″. Asparagus Island Asparagus Island is a small tidal island on the eastern side of Mount's Bay, within the parish of Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It lies within Kynance Cove, a popular tourist site
Asparagus densiflorus cm plumes of foliage are especially valued in flower arranging. Asparagus densiflorus Asparagus densiflorus (asparagus fern, plume asparagus, foxtail fern) is an evergreen perennial plant, closely related to the vegetable asparagus, and native to southern Africa from Mozambique to South Africa. "A. densiflorus" has been confused with "A. aethiopicus", Sprenger's asparagus, now regarded as a separate species, so that information under the name "A. densiflorus" will often refer to "A. aethiopicus". As it cannot tolerate frost, in temperate regions "A. densiflorus" is usually grown under glass. Numerous cultivars have been developed, of which the compact form 'Myersii' has gained the