spinners have yellow flowers and bloom in the morning. Hard shell gourds have white flowers and bloom at night. I understand that they can not cross pollinate; so growing up the same place should be okay.

thank you Deb, for answering this. And yippee, the gourds I see are from the yellow flower (spinner).

Now, i'm not quite sure what you mean -hard shell-, what's this?
thanks again
melinda

Here is a link that might be useful: painted_gourds

Hard shell gourds have, as the name implies, a hard shell when they dry and are commonly used for crafts. Probably the best known hard shell gourd would be the birdhouse gourd. Just look them up on google and you will see what you can make with them.

well, i guess that would make sense. When i cut my spinners in half a 1/4 of'em broke.
this is what i do w/them.