Imperial cantaloupe
Cucumis melo 'Imperial'
AAS Winner 1935
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
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Imperial' cantaloupe (Cucumis melo 'Imperial') is a climbing vegetable for food gardens and cottage gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is not cold-hardy and will not survive freezing temperatures. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy or clay soil. It grows at a moderate pace and blooms from early to late summer. Bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Hungarian Heart Tomato tomato, Peaches and Cream corn, Long Island Mammoth dill, and Parsley.