The cucurbits family includes the various cucumbers that are available as well as courgettes and pumpkins and the non edible ornamental gourds. They are certainly tender plants that would definitely suffer if they were exposed to a degree of frost. However, if you have some horticultural fleece close to hand, you should be able to harvest some lovely ripe fruit from the end of June onwards.
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Medwyn Williams
Hello. I'm Medwyn Williams – eleven times Gold medal winner at the Chelsea Flower Show, Past Chairman of the Royal Horticultural Society Fruit Vegetable and Herb Committee and President of the National Vegetable Society.