Transplanting and Companion Planting

Have somebody tranplanted asparagus that is 5-7 years old? What will be better time: now or in early spring?
I am planning to move asparagus to perrenial border and plant it along the fence. What high growing perrenials will be better to plant in second row so that in summer asparagus created background for them.
Any ideas?

Hi there,

I grew asparagus once in California, and while I am no expert, I would definitely recommend now to dig and transplant rather than the early spring. You want to get it settled BEFORE it wants to start growing, and early spring is its time. Why take a chance on missing its wonderful harvest of yummy shoots?

Don't forget to keep all fertilizer organic in the bed if you are going to feast on them. That goes for any flowers you plant near them also. You might try something like dahlias which bloom fairly late and can be quite tall for in front of them.

Hi, mesmerel,
Great, it's what i am planning to do. Will try to prepare bed for asparagus today and transplant it maybe next weekend. And actually dahlias that i picked to plant in front of them. The only thing i need to find out how much space should be left between row of asparagus and gahlias and what low growing evergreen perrenials i can plant in front or between dahlias so this bed will not look too boring in winter. Any ideas?

I have some kind of geranium that makes hosta bed someway green in winter, maybe i can use the same approach?

I am growing a lot of veggies in my backyard and use only compost and manure from my two hens. I like to do new beds in a such way: pile garden debries (getting from lawn maintenance company that takes care of my neighbour lawn) just on a bad clay that i have in my backyard in the fall, then during winter dig in this pile kitchen scraps. In spring I plant just on the top of this,