Birdhouse Bottle Gourd Seeds – 15 Count

Southern Seeds was founded in 2019 by Ryan and Kim Dorn and became Seed Therapy in 2025. The family business moved its operations to the Dallas, Texas, area in 2023. Drawing on generations of growing experience, the team focuses on dependable seeds, personal customer service, and helping gardeners succeed. Its work includes relationships with American farms and seed donations to schools and community gardens.

Grow a garden project that is both fun and functional with Birdhouse Bottle Gourd seeds. This vigorous heirloom vine produces large, bottle-shaped gourds that, when dried, create perfect, all-natural birdhouses for wrens, finches, and other small birds. It's a fantastic and engaging project for gardeners, crafters, and kids alike. The fast-growing vines produce large, lovely white flowers that open in the evening, adding beauty to your garden while the unique gourds develop.

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• Grow your own all-natural, beautiful birdhouses.
• A fun and engaging project for crafters, families, and kids.
• A very vigorous vine that can quickly cover a strong trellis, fence, or arbor.
• Produces large, fragrant white flowers that bloom at night.

• Plant Name: Birdhouse Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
• Seed Quantity: Approx. 15 seeds
• Type: Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Non-GMO
• Lifecycle: Annual
• Height: 15-30 foot vine
• USDA Zone: 3-10
• Origin: American Grown

Sold as seeds for planting. Select this packet by its variety, quantity, and growing requirements; it is not a live plant.

Country of origin: United States. The supplier identifies this product as American-grown.

• Sowing: For a head start, especially in shorter seasons, sow seeds indoors in peat pots 3-4 weeks before the last frost. Otherwise, direct sow outdoors after all danger of frost has passed and soil is warm.
• Soaking: Soaking seeds in water overnight can help speed up germination.
• Depth: Plant seeds 1 inch deep.
• Spacing: Space hills 5 feet apart, thinning to the strongest plant per hill.
• Light Requirement: Full Sun.
• Support: A very strong trellis, fence, or arbor is required to support the vigorous vines and heavy gourds.

Keep unused seeds dry and cool in a clearly labeled, closed container. Protect the packet from humidity and temperature swings, and retain the variety name and sowing notes for your next planting. Use the species-specific directions below when deciding whether to start indoors, sow directly, soak seeds, or provide a cold period. Germination and growth vary with seed handling and local growing conditions.

For general seed-starting and storage guidance, see University of Minnesota Extension’s seed-starting guide. Use the variety-specific packet directions for this product.

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This product ships directly from Southern Seeds, now Seed Therapy. The supplier currently lists standard processing of 1–3 business days, increasing to approximately 3–5 business days during the busy late-December-through-April-or-May seed season. Processing is separate from carrier transit time. Its published standard shipping rate is $4.99 per order, with free standard shipping at a merchandise subtotal of $35 or more after discounts and before taxes. The options, offers, and final charges displayed at BuyAmerican checkout govern this order; purchases from other makers may ship separately. Carrier delivery dates are estimates. The supplier ships within the United States and may restrict certain seeds by destination.

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