Botanical profile
Butternut Squash
Latin name
Cucurbita moschata 'Butternut'
Type
Creeping annual
Family
Cucurbitaceae
A popular winter squash variety known for its smooth, sweet, and tender dark orange flesh. It's ideal for soups, purees, or roasted dishes. Elongated in shape with a narrow neck and swollen base, it keeps well for several months. It thrives in warmth, space, and rich, well-drained soil to provide a generous harvest in late summer.
Care guide
Growing conditions
Light, soil, water and hardiness
Hardiness zone
Grown as an annual (zone 10+ as a perennial)
Exposure
Full sun
Watering
Vegetable garden and yield
Companion planting, spacing and harvest
Companion plants
Plants to avoid
Spacing
Harvest period
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