Other common names
apple cucumber, common cantaloupe, cucumber vine, musk melon, sweet-scented melon
Annual Biennial Fruit Edible
A wild species of melon from which all other cultivars have been bred. It's a deciduous annual, spreading, twining plant to 1.5 m long, with large, soflty-haired leaves and unbranching tendrils. It produces yellow separate male and female flowers on the same plant, followed by round fruit varying in size. The skin and colour/taste varies depending on variety. The skin can be smooth (honeydew melon), ribbed (Cantaloupe) or netted (muskmelon)
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Loam, Sand, Clay, Chalk
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Spread
1-1.5 metres