bottle gourd
Lagenaria siceraria
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size9 to 18 inches tall10 to 16 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Creeping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral, alkaline
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is an annual for food gardens, hedges, and privacy screens. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The creeping vines grow fast and spread 120 to 192 inches wide. White flowers open in spring, summer, and autumn, and hummingbirds and birds visit them. Give it a trellis or fence to climb.
Pairs well with Mammoth Grey Stripe sunflower, Oregon Giant pea, German Red garlic, and Red fescue.
Native range
Pantropical.