Pennsweet cantaloupe
Cucumis melo 'Pennsweet'
AAS Winner 1955
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
'Pennsweet' cantaloupe (Cucumis melo 'Pennsweet') is a climbing vegetable for food gardens and cottage gardens. 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, loamy or clay soil. It blooms from early to late summer, and the flowers bring in bees. You can train the vines upward to save space.
Pairs well with Mushroom Basket Tomato tomato, Teddy dill, and Giant of Italy parsley.