Bottle Gourd

Red Fescue

About Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue

Bottle Gourd

Red Fescue

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual and Biennials

Perennial

1.2 Type

Vegetable

Grass

1.3 Origin

India, Philippines, Southeast Asia

World/Pandemic, North America, Europe

1.4 Types

Not Available

Lustrous Creeping Red Fescue, Rubra trichophylla, Rubra rubra

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Moist Soils, Tropical Climate

Wide range of ecological site

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

5-72-7

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-1

7 - 1

1.8 Sunset Zone

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

A2, A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Vining/Climbing

Mat-forming

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

60.00 cm5.10 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

90.00 cmNA

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow, Orange, Dark Green

Not Available

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Yellow, Dark Green

Non Fruiting Plant

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

Light Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

Tan

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Palmate

Grass like

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer, Fall

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

Medium

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

Acidic, Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

Average

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Indeterminate

Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

From Rhizomes

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Requires watering in the growing season, water on alternate days

Needs 2-3 times watering per week

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

Acidic, Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

Clay, Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Average

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

4.7 Pruning

Cut out old flower stalks, Prune after flowering, Remove branches that rub together, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

Prune grass to maintain level

4.8 Fertilizers

High potassium diluted feed of 5-10-5, Nitrogen, Potassium

fertilize in fall

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Army-worms, Bacteria wilt, Bacterial leaf spot, Blight, Cucumber beetles, Cutworms, Fusarium leaf spot, Leaf rust, Red spider mite, Striped cucumber beetles

Billbugs, Dollar spot, Pythium blight, Red blotch, Red thread, White grubs

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Full Sun, Salt and Soil Compaction, Shallow soil

Not Available

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

Insignificant

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Coarse

Fine

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

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5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Bees, Flies, Flying insects

Bugs

5.12 Allergy

Hypoglycaemic Coma, Irregular Heart Rhythm

Asthma

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Decorating walls, Ornamental use

Ground Cover

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Anti-ageing, Making cosmetics

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Food for animals, Insect Repellent

Erosion control, Wildlife

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Anti-fungal, Blood disorders, Culinary Usage, Diabetes, Gastrointestinal disorders, Laxative, Nutritive, Weight loss

No Medicinal Use

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits

Whole plant

6.2.3 Other Uses

Cosmetics, Culinary use, Repellent, Used in making musical instruments

Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Dried Flower/Everlasting, Vine

Edging, Groundcover, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Lagenaria siceraria

FESTUCA rubra

7.2 Common Name

calabash, bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, opo squash

Red Fescue

7.2.1 In Hindi

लौकी

Red Fescue

7.2.2 In German

Flaschenkürbis

Rotschwingel

7.2.3 In French

Lagenaria siceraria

fétuque rouge

7.2.4 In Spanish

Lagenaria siceraria

festuca roja

7.2.5 In Greek

Τσότρα

κόκκινο Φεστούκα

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Cabaça

Red festuca

7.2.7 In Polish

Tykwa pospolita

Kostrzewa czerwona

7.2.8 In Latin

utrem cucurbita

Red Fescue

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

Liliopsida

8.4 Order

Cucurbitales

Cyperales

8.5 Family

Cucurbitaceae

Poaceae

8.6 Genus

Coccinia

Festuca

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Papilionoideae

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

27NA

1 27800

Properties of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue

Wondering what are the properties of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue? We provide you with everything About Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue. Bottle Gourd doesn't have thorns and Red Fescue doesn't have thorns. Also Bottle Gourd does not have fragrant flowers. Bottle Gourd has allergic reactions like Hypoglycaemic Coma and Irregular Heart Rhythm and Red Fescue has allergic reactions like Hypoglycaemic Coma and Irregular Heart Rhythm. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

Season and Care of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue

Season and care of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue is important to know. While considering everything about Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue Care, growing season is an essential factor. Bottle Gourd season is Summer and Fall and Red Fescue season is Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Bottle Gourd is Loam, Sand and for Red Fescue is Clay, Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Bottle Gourd is Neutral and for Red Fescue is Acidic, Neutral.

Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue Physical Information

Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue physical information is very important for comparison. Bottle Gourd height is 60.00 cm and width 90.00 cm whereas Red Fescue height is 5.10 cm and width Not Available. The color specification of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue are as follows:

Bottle Gourd flower color: Yellow, Orange and Dark Green
Bottle Gourd leaf color: Green, Dark Green
Red Fescue flower color: Not Available
Red Fescue leaf color: Dark Green

Care of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue

Care of Bottle Gourd and Red Fescue include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Bottle Gourd pruning is done Cut out old flower stalks, Prune after flowering, Remove branches that rub together and Remove dead or diseased plant parts and Red Fescue pruning is done Prune grass to maintain level. In summer Bottle Gourd needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Red Fescue needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.

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