1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
Hybrid origin, North America, Central America, South America
Hybrid origin, Africa, Southern Africa
1.4 Types
Not Available
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Fields, Homesteads
along watercourse, Grassland
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
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
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
1.9 Habit
Prostrate/Trailing
Prostrate/Trailing
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
30.00 cm15.20 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
240.00 cm240.00 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Olive, Orange Red, Sandy Brown
Green, Crimson, Dark Green
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
Green, Gray Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Dark Green, Yellow green
Green, Gray Green
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Not Available
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Indeterminate
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings, Transplanting
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Requires consistently moist soil, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season, Water Deeply
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
4.7 Pruning
Prune for shortening long shoots, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Use 6-6-6 amounts
fertilize in growing season, Nitrogen, Potassium
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Striped cucumber beetles
brown-spot needle blight, Cutworms, Downy mildew, Flea beetle, Flea Beetles, Fungal Diseases, fungus, Fusarium wilt, Powdery mildew, Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
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
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Not Available
Bees, Insects, Squirrels
5.12 Allergy
Red eyes, Respiratory problems
Stomach pain, Throat itching
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
Ground Cover
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Food for animals, Food for birds, Food for insects, Versatility
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Cancer, constipation, Diarrhea
High blood pressure, Nutrients
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Used As Food
Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties, Used in making beverages
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Edible, Herb / Vegetable
Edible, Fruit / Fruit Tree, Herb / Vegetable, Tropical, Vine
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
CUCURBITA moschata 'Fairytale'
CITRULLUS lanatus 'Crimson Sweet'
7.2 Common Name
Fairytale Pumpkin
Crimson Sweet Watermelon, Watermelon
7.2.1 In Hindi
7.2.2 In German
Fairytale Kürbis
Wassermelone
7.2.3 In French
Pumpkin Fairytale
Citrullus lanatus
7.2.4 In Spanish
calabaza fairytale
Citrullus lanatus
7.2.5 In Greek
παραμύθι κολοκύθας
καρπούζι
7.2.6 In Portuguese
abóbora do conto de fadas
Citrullus lanatus
7.2.7 In Polish
Fairytale dyni
Citrullus lanatus
7.2.8 In Latin
Fairytale Cucurbita
Citrullus lanatus
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Not Available
Embryophyta
8.3 Class
Not Available
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
Not Available
Cucurbitales
8.5 Family
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbitaceae
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Not Available
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
8.8 Tribe
Not Available
Benincaseae
8.9 Subfamily
Cucurbitoideae
Cucurbitoideae
8.10 Number of Species