Cucumber, Armenian shoot
Cucumis melo 'Cucumber, Armenian'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Green
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Cucumber, Armenian' shoot (Cucumis melo 'Cucumber, Armenian') is a climbing vegetable for food gardens, cottage gardens, and borders. 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. It gives a mild cucumber flavor. Green flowers open from early to late summer and attract butterflies and bees.
Pairs well with Persian basil, German Johnson tomato, and Alpha calendula.