Queen of Colorado cantaloupe
Cucumis melo 'Queen of Colorado'
AAS Winner 1939
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
'Queen of Colorado' cantaloupe (Cucumis melo 'Queen of Colorado') is a climbing vegetable for food gardens 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. It blooms from early to late summer, and the flowers attract bees. It grows at a moderate pace.
Pairs well with Butternut Waltham squash, Mushroom Basket Tomato tomato, and Teddy dill.