Brilliant melon
Cucumis melo 'Brilliant'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Brilliant' melon (Cucumis melo 'Brilliant') is a vegetable for the food garden, cottage garden, and border. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy or clay soil. Brilliant is a sweet and juicy Canary type melon. It climbs, so give the vines a trellis or room to grow, and the summer flowers attract butterflies and bees.
Pairs well with Pink Brandywine tomato, Dukat dill, and Moss Curled parsley.