Lemon cucumber
Cucumis sativus 'Lemon'
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
'Lemon' cucumber (Cucumis sativus 'Lemon') is a vegetable for borders, containers, and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It is a fast climber that bears small, rounded, pale yellow cucumbers. Bees visit its summer flowers, which open from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Black Beans bean, Persian basil, Cherry Belle radish, and Pink Delicious tomato.