Abelmoschus manihot

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 >

Abelmoschus >

manihot >

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Cultivation

Easily grown in any well-drained soil in a sunny position^RH. 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 seed^RHk. Plants will occasionally overwinter in a cold greenhouse^k. It grows well in an ornamental vegetable garden^RH.

Propagation

Seed - sow March in a warm greenhouse^pf. 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 frosts^pf. The seed can also be sown in situ in late April in areas with warm summers^pf.

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References

• http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Abelmoschus+manihot

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