Annuals: Lagenaria siceraria
Botanical name: Lagenaria siceraria
Common name: bottle gourd
also known as (calabash cucumber, white-flowered gourd, common bottle gourd, calabash gourd, white-flower gourd, calabash, Lagenaria leucantha, Lagenaria vulgaris, crookneck gourd, trumpet gourd)
Planted
5
times
at a glance
| Soil: | damp, acidic, sand |
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| Sun: | |
| Zones: | 10a thru 11a |
| Care: |
easy
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| Lifespan: |
annual
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| Categories: |
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| Attributes: |
climber, edible |
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description for "Annuals: Lagenaria siceraria"
Large-fruited, green-yellow gourds have varied uses from storage containers and birdhouses to musical instruments. Their soft velvety leaves and lightly scented trumpet-shaped white flowers on large vines are very ornamental as well. An arbor festooned with these vines and dripping with gourds is quite a sight indeed. Sow seeds indoors 4 weeks before last spring frost in large pots and plant out when the nights are warm. Harvest gourds before frost and wash in a bleach solution. -- edited by dtd pbcouchman
History:
Lagenaria siceraria is native to tropical regions.
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