Abelmoschus manihot


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Water: moist
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

Malvaceae >

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Cultivation

Easily grown in any well-drained soil in a sunny positionRH. Plants will tolerate occasional short-lived lows down to about -5°c so long as they are in a very well-drained soil260. A perennial plant, it is generally tender in the temperate zone but can be grown outdoors as an annual, flowering well in its first year and setting seedRHk. Plants will occasionally overwinter in a cold greenhousek. It grows well in an ornamental vegetable gardenRH.

Propagation

Seed - sow March in a warm greenhousepf. The seed should germinate with two weeks, when it is large enough to handle prick it out into individual pots and plant out after the last expected frostspf. The seed can also be sown in situ in late April in areas with warm summerspf.

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