U-Pick Pumpkin Patch

About Our Pumpkins

Traditional Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkins & Heirlooms

At Diana’s Pumpkin Patch & Maze, we’re passionate about growing both heirloom varieties and classic Jack-O’-Lantern pumpkins. Our Jack-O’-Lanterns are a specific variety that only we grow in Southern Colorado. Known for their huge size & stems. Jimmy Madone, our son grows these for us here in Canon and supplies our pumpkin patch these beauties. We also grow medium and small Jack-O- Lanterns that are easier to handle. If you come before frost, these will be in the field on the vine ready to cut off yourself. Heirlooms are particularly special for us to grow. They’re more challenging to cultivate and can be sensitive to weather, insects, and disease. Because of this, they tend to be priced a bit higher than the typical orange pumpkin, but their unique qualities make them well worth it.

While heirloom pumpkins are stunning for decorating, they really shine in the kitchen. Each variety is edible, offering distinct flavors perfect for a variety of culinary uses. You’ll find descriptions and usage tips for each pumpkin on display, and many of these varieties are favorites of mine in my baking.

Since we grow a limited quantity of each heirloom variety, we recommend coming early in the season to ensure you get the pick of the patch. These pumpkins are a true gem, both for their beauty and their versatility!

Our Heirloom Pumpkin Varieties

Blue Jarrahdale

Lovely and decorative, this pumpkin with stunning blue-green skin comes to us from the town of Jarrahdale in New Zealand.

Mild, slightly sweet, almost fruity, golden-yellow flesh thats highly aromatic and almost like a melon.

Mixed Gourds

Mixed gourds, inedible but very pretty.

Marina Di Chioggia Italian Heirloom

This squash surprisingly has a light yellow – to light orange flesh.

Peanut Pumpkin

Peanut pumpkin is more than edible; the flesh is sweet and delicious. These warty protuberances add up to an extremely sweet flesh, suitable for use in desserts such as pies, breads and cheesecakes.

Hubbard

The hubbard is consistently sweet, and can be substituted for virtually any other winter squash, making it ideal for cooking and baking.

Red Warty Thing Heirloom

Red Warty Thing Heirloom is a squash type pumpkin which has delicious flavor and fine texture.

Fairytale

Fairytale pumpkins are very heavy. These pumpkins are wonderful in pies & breads!

These are the pumpkins used for the breads we sell at Diana's Pumpkin Patch.

Rascal

Rascal is an orange fleshed, firm, heavy pumpkin that cooks like a squash. It doesn’t have that strong pumpkin flavor.

We like them for their color and that they keep until Easter!

Cinderella

French heirloom, Cinderella pumpkins are creamy and moist with a mild and slightly sweet flavor. Good for soups.

Heirloom Australian Jarrahdale

The orange flesh of the Heirloom Australian Jarrahdale is a stunning contrast to its bluish skin. The flesh is firm, and not stringy, best used to enhance savory dishes, it also makes a delicious pie pumpkin.

Speckled Hound Squash

Speckled Hound Squash is a hybrid winter squash variety with light orange flesh that is great for roasting, making soups, or baked treats.

Butternut Squash

Butternut squash in a pumpkin shape. Very tasty baked.