winter squash
Cucurbita argyrosperma
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size9 to 18 inches tall10 to 15 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow to orange
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Notes
Winter squash (Cucurbita argyrosperma) is a vegetable for the food garden and the annual bed. 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 fast, and the vines can spread 120 to 180 inches. Yellow to orange flowers open from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Cantaloupe, Roulette habanero pepper, and Pesto Perpetuo basil.
Native range
South America.