Duchess pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo 'Duchess'
USDA zones3 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Orange
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Notes
'Duchess' pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo 'Duchess') is a vegetable for the food garden and for ground cover. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy soil. It grows at a rapid rate and sprawls across the ground, so give the vines plenty of room. Orange flowers open from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Black Beauty Tomato tomato, Lime basil, and Cilantro.