Blue Ballet hubbard squash
Cucurbita maxima 'Blue Ballet'
USDA zones3 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Orange, blue
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Notes
'Blue Ballet' hubbard squash (Cucurbita maxima 'Blue Ballet') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy soil. It climbs and grows at a rapid rate, so give the vines room. The squash is a winter type that takes 95 days to reach maturity.
Pairs well with Maximilian sunflower, Lime basil, and Huckleberry Gold potato.