Crookneck Squash

Dame's Rocket

About Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket

Crookneck Squash

Dame's Rocket

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

Biennial

1.2 Type

Vegetable

Herbs

1.3 Origin

North America, Central America, South America

Southern Europe, Western Europe, Russia/Siberia, Central Asia, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Not Available

Summer lilac, Winter gilliflower

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Not Available

meadows, Open areas, Roadsides, Woodlands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

Not Available4-9

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-1

9 - 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

21,22

1.9 Habit

Prostrate/Trailing

Clump-Forming

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

30.00 cm60.00 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

120.00 cm60.00 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Yellow, Gold

White, Pink, Lavender

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Yellow, Green, Orange, Gold, Salmon, Gray Green, Dark Green, Orange Red, Tan, Ivory

Not Available

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green, Yellow green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Heart-shaped

Ovate

2.4 Thorns

✔ ✘

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Summer, Fall

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam

Clay, Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Indeterminate

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Divison

Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Do not water frequently

Average Water Needs, Water when top layer of soil becomes dry

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

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam

Clay, Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove dead or diseased plant parts, Requires very little pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Borers, Cucumber beetles, Mealybugs, Powdery mildew

Red blotch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

✔ ✘

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

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

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

✔ ✘

5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

5.10 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

5.11 Attracts

Not Available

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Insects

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

Vomiting

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Bouquets, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Not Available

Nutrients

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits

Flowers, Leaves, Seeds

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food

Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.5 Garden Design

Edible, Herb / Vegetable

Cutflower, Mixed Border, Wildflower

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

CUCURBITA moschata

HESPERIS matronalis

7.2 Common Name

Butternut Squash, Cheese Pumpkin, Golden Cushaw Squash, Gourd, Pumpkin, Squash, Winter Crookneck Squash, Winter Squash

Dame's Rocket, Sweet Rocket

7.2.1 In Hindi

Crooknech squash

डेम के रॉकेट

7.2.2 In German

Crooknech squash

Rockets Freifrau

7.2.3 In French

Crooknech squash

Rocket Dame

7.2.4 In Spanish

Crooknech squash

Rocket Dame

7.2.5 In Greek

Crooknech squash

Rocket Dame του

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Crooknech squash

Rocket de Dame

7.2.7 In Polish

Crooknech squash

Rocket Dame

7.2.8 In Latin

Crooknech squash

Hesperis Rocket

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Violales

Brassicales

8.5 Family

Cucurbitaceae

Brassicaceae

8.6 Genus

Cucurbita

Hesperis

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Cucurbiteae

Hylocereeae

8.9 Subfamily

Cucurbitoideae

Cactoideae

8.10 Number of Species

5NA

1 27800

Properties of Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket

Wondering what are the properties of Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket? We provide you with everything About Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket. Crookneck Squash doesn't have thorns and Dame's Rocket doesn't have thorns. Also Crookneck Squash does not have fragrant flowers. Crookneck Squash has allergic reactions like Not Available and Dame's Rocket has allergic reactions like Not Available. 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 Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket

Season and care of Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket is important to know. While considering everything about Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket Care, growing season is an essential factor. Crookneck Squash season is Summer and Fall and Dame's Rocket season is Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Crookneck Squash is Loam and for Dame's Rocket is Clay, Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Crookneck Squash is Neutral and for Dame's Rocket is Neutral, Alkaline.

Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket Physical Information

Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket physical information is very important for comparison. Crookneck Squash height is 30.00 cm and width 120.00 cm whereas Dame's Rocket height is 60.00 cm and width 60.00 cm. The color specification of Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket are as follows:

Crookneck Squash flower color: Yellow and Gold
Crookneck Squash leaf color: Green, Dark Green
Dame's Rocket flower color: White, Pink and Lavender
Dame's Rocket leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket

Care of Crookneck Squash and Dame's Rocket include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Crookneck Squash pruning is done Remove dead or diseased plant parts and Requires very little pruning and Dame's Rocket pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Crookneck Squash needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Dame's Rocket needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.