Asparagus meyeri is an erect plant with foxtail-like stems made up of thick, bright green foliage that grows up to two feet long. Actually, asparagus have no functional leaves those little green things on the stems are really called cladodes. Asparagus sprengeri is feathery and soft looking with many branching stems. This plant often has small white flowers followed by red berries. Leaf sheaths with free margins.
Female plants grow inconspicuous flowers and inch-long, black, edible dates.
The pigmy date palm can stand desert heat but only occasional light frost. Fragrant white flowers on spikes are followed by small, blackish inedible fruit. Areca palms make exotic specimens for pots, patio or lawn, screens or backgrounds. Petals open from a cone on the terminal end. Possibly the most ancient of all gingers.