Rolet Gem Squash - Cucurbita Pepo - 40 Seeds Garden Cress

Rolet Gem Squash - Cucurbita Pepo - 40 Seeds Garden CressA South African favourite with tasty cricket ball sized fruits in autumn. Easily grown like you would courgettes. A hardy perennial grown as an annual to a height of 60 80cm and needing 1m of space top spread. Exquisite yellow flesh.

They are dark green and will get light green at maturity and present some pustules

Heavily ribbed

the flowers are not showy

This robust variety that grows to 2 metres has orange to scarlet buds with yellow flowers

It tolerates drought but is vulnerable to frost

yellow and orange fruits are sweeter

An extremely variable species with many forms

in shades of red

willow like

Excellent for making tomato juice and canning

The leaves and flowers were originally used in Pimms before it was replaced by mint or cucumber peel

and with deciduous leaves