Just a few seeds can cover an area perhaps 6 feet by 6 feet or even more. ... costing about as much as one or two ornamental gourds, and they are a lot of fun to grow.

Consider pumpkin’s cousin, the ornamental gourd. Though not edible, most ornamental gourds are part ... Be prepared to plant seeds early, as some gourds can take 180 days to grow to maturity.

Gourds are in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae, and are related to other vining crops such as melons, squashes and pumpkins. Cucurbita pepo is the species for ornamental gourds, and it ...

Ornamental gourds are given names such as Goblin Eggs (egg shaped), gremlins, speckled swan ... Plant the seeds two to three feet apart, so they will cover and fill in faster.

Ornamental value aside, I always assumed snake gourds tasted like Chinese bitter melons because the two are closely related, and both have a red, slimy seed mass when ripe. Quite the contrary ...

It’s tempting to think of our ornamental gourd obsession as a fad, like pumpkin spice lattes or puffy down vests, but Americans have been geeking out over gourds since at least 1937, when the ...