What's the difference between white asparagus and and green asparagus?!

The growers cover the Asparagus plant with dark plastic to keep it from the sun, thus producing white asparagus. It is much more expensive than regular asparagus because there is less of it. It is said to be less 'bitter,' but since I've never found asparagus to be bitter that makes little sense to me.

It is cooked and served the same way.

I don't know about the taste/texture but assume they'd be the same since white asparagus has just been protected from sunlight once it begins growing out of the soil. More of a specialty or fancy version.

Actuallly, Wikipedia explains at least some of the differences here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_aspar…

White asparagus is deemed as posher, but it's rather tasteless and also has less vitamins. Green is still posh haha , but has more flavour indeed and also more nutrition.

They are cooked the same, but the white ones taste finer and much harder to find.
Live white asparagus.

they're different shades.