Buttercup squash
Cucurbita maxima 'Buttercup (Burgess Strain)'
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
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Notes
Buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima 'Buttercup (Burgess Strain)') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy soil. The climbing vines grow fast and bear orange flowers from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Black Beans bean, Dolce Fresca basil, and German Pink Tomato tomato.