Courgette flowers


Female courgette flower
A female courgette flower…
Alberello courgette
…and its attached fruit
Male courgette flower
A male flower from the same plant

Courgette flowers are either male or female. The female flowers are easy to spot because they have tiny fruits forming behind them, which swell when the flower has been fertilized. What I hadn’t really looked at, until this morning, was the different structure inside the flower.

And my first courgette is growing :) This one is an Albarello, but there’s a tiny Sunburst F1 squash nearby, too.

Posted 2 July 2009, 16:10.   Posted in .

2 Comments for Courgette flowers

  1. Yummy courgette flowers in tempura batter, oh my goodness. I can’t believe my hubby composted a load yesterday. Pretty too.
    Congrats on the BBC Countryfile accolade too! Famous at last, haha x

    Carrie · Jul 2, 07:11 PM

  2. I recently wrote instructions for how to hand-pollinate courgette flowers, just in case the bees aren’t doing their job:

    Hand Pollinating Zucchini Flowers

    It has lots of photos so even complete newbies can see what to do.

    Darren (Green Change) · Jul 3, 05:19 AM

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