okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
USDA zones8 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 6 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pale yellow with maroon eye
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and annual beds. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It sits low on the menu for deer. Pale yellow flowers with maroon eyes open in summer and attract butterflies and bees.
Pairs well with Borage, Scarlet runner, and Oregano.
Native range
Southeastern Asia.