Wild Cucumber

Marah macrocarpa, Cucurbitaceae

Zones

7–10

Lifespan

Perennial

Growth

Fast

Growing Conditions

6 – 8

Drought

Frost

Heat

Pest Resistance

Disease Resist.

Both vigorous climbing vines compete for the same support structures and light, potentially strangling each other

American Bittersweet's strangling growth habit can kill other climbing vines through physical competition

Wild Cucumber grows in USDA hardiness zones 7 through 10.

Good companions for Wild Cucumber include Southern Catalpa.

Design guilds with Wild Cucumber and see companion relationships visually.