Okra or Abelmoschus esculentusis is in the same family as cotton, hollyhocks and hibiscus. The okra plant can be a striking ornamental specimen, and its blooms resemble hibiscus flowers. In addition, ...

Okra is one of those plants that most people have strong opinions about — they either love it or hate it. I love it. My family and I are from Arkansas, so we ate it quite a lot in the summertime. As ...

At the local greenhouse where I buy many of my spring bedding plants and vegetable starts, one of the most popular requests seems to be for okra. Do people like it for its tasty seed pods, or because ...

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Growing up in the south, okra joined the summer garden right alongside tomatoes, beans and squash. To be honest I've never been a fan of okra when used in soups and the ...

Easy-to-grow okra is a staple in many local home gardens. It thrives during hot weather and shares a close kinship with cotton and hibiscus. Ready-to-harvest pods develop four to six days after ...

COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Whether you enjoy okra fried, boiled or pickled, the plant has become a Southern staple in many households. One gardener in Columbia is watching one particular okra plant ...

With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed ...

California farmers, unrivaled in crop diversity, famously cultivate some 400 agricultural commodities. Certain crops such as almonds and avocados have become icons of the Golden State. But further ...

When Jim Kee said he was growing okra in one of his three gardens, I was sort of hoping he wouldn't give me any. But he did, of course, as he is very generous with his garden produce. Even the ...