Colorado cucumber
Cucumis sativus 'Colorado'
AAS Winner 1935
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Colorado' cucumber (Cucumis sativus 'Colorado') is a climbing vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It grows at a rapid pace and blooms from early to late summer. The flowers attract bees.
Pairs well with Scarlet runner, Nasturtium, Dill, and African marigold.