Asparagus Fern seeds for the indoor garden that is prepared to commit to the timeline. The asparagus fern is not a fern. It is not asparagus. It is, however, extremely beautiful.

Asparagus Fern is feathery, cloud-like foliage that is not actually a fern and does not apologise for this. Each packet is hermetically vacuum-sealed -- removing the oxygen that causes standard paper seed packets to lose germination viability within approximately one year. State law requires a 3-year viability label on sealed packaging. NASA research on hermetic seed storage indicates viability of up to 10 years under proper conditions. Every packet is non-GMO and germination-tested at independent third-party labs before it earns its Japanese woodblock print artwork.

How to Grow Asparagus Fern from Seed

Sowing and Germination

Soak seeds 24 hours before sowing. Sow 1cm deep in warm, moist mix. Keep at 21-24C. Germination 3-6 weeks.

Care and Harvest

Bright indirect light. Keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged. Mist regularly for humidity.

Why Vacuum-Sealed Seeds Last Longer

Standard paper seed packets are permeable to oxygen and moisture -- the two primary causes of seed degradation. Most paper-packaged seeds begin losing germination viability after approximately one year, contributing to significant garden-industry waste: packets purchased, not planted, expired, discarded. Shido Seeds are hermetically vacuum-sealed. The packet does not expire quietly in a drawer. It waits.

About the Packaging

Every Shido seed packet is illustrated in the style of Japanese 1910s woodblock printing -- designed and drawn in-house by Chive, the Toronto ceramics studio that has been exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show in London every year and does not, as a matter of principle, sell to big-box retailers. Customers collect the packets as a series. This was not the original plan.