asparago means asparagus in Italian

How do you say asparagus in Italian?

Asparago!

Usually you'll see asparagus, asparagi, written in the plural.  That's because asparagus, asparagi are too good to eat just one!

Gli asparagi sono verdi.
The asparagus are green.

Extra credit, make pronunciation fun:

Asparago starts out sounding like "us"

The second syllable gets the emphasis and sounds like "PAR" (as in the golf term)

The third syllable sounds like "ugh"(for those crazy folks who don't like asparagus)

The final part of the word sounds like "oh" 

us-PAR-ugh-oh

In the plural:
Asparagi starts out sounding like "us"

The second syllable gets the emphasis and sounds like "PAR" (as in the golf term)
The third syllable sounds like "uh" of "uh huh"
The final part of the words sounds like "gee" (gee whiz!)
us-PAR-uh-gee