Calling all green thumbs

[SeattleUte]

I think roses are too high maintenance. I say cut them out and plant something else.

All you have to do is cut them back every once in a while. They mind their own business and produce tons of roses.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Do they have carpet roses in Northern Utah? They're a genetically engineered/patented rose bush and they're fairly low maintenance -- at least a couple varieties are (scarlet and red -- scarlet is actually the true red, and the "red" is more like a reddish magenta, both are robust but the scarlet variety produces flowers more year round than the red variety). I have these things and they're great. Don't buy any other color besides red or scarlet though. I bought some white ones and they died and I've noticed other people try yellow and amber and they don't do well. The pink ones do okay, but I'd say 90% of the ones I see are scarlet or red.

http://www.tesselaar.com/plants/flower-carpet-roses/

The hedge on the right is actually the red variety. I can tell because the leaves are a darker green than the leaves on mine which are scarlet. I have scarlet, my neighbor has the red variety. One thing about the red variety is they explode with blooms for about a month out of the year and they look great, the photo shown shows them at that phase. I personally like the scarlet variety better because I think they look nicer and the flowers are more spread out.

[Drunk Tank]

What is this Huge Thing?

Can anyone help me identify this squash? It is growing in my yard and I have no idea what it is. From my limited Google search, I am thinking maybe opo squash? Anyways, the squash I found this afternoon is 29" long. There were no other large squash on the vine, just a bunch of small ones and blossoms.

Anyone have a clue?

[wuapinmon]

That looks like a cucuzza squash to me.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I don't know, but I wouldn't fall asleep next to it, just in case.

[Drunk Tank]

That looks like a cucuzza squash to me.

I think you are right. I watched a few videos on YouTube and they look exactly like what is growing in my yard. I found a couple more on the other side of the fence today. Looking online, looks like cucuzza growers make them grow like grapevines and the fruit hangs down. Gravity keeps them straight and they end up a little narrower.



The one on the left is the original I found. The one on the right is 39" long.