Honey Orange melon
Cucumis melo 'Honey Orange (F1)'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Orange, green, salmon
- Soil types
- Loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Honey Orange' melon (Cucumis melo 'Honey Orange') is a climbing vegetable for food gardens, containers, and cottage gardens. 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. Fruit is ready about 74 days after planting. Bees and butterflies visit the flowers from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Indigo Cherry Drops tomato, Persian basil, China Rose Radish, and Flowerburst Red Shades yarrow.