Comments on: The other Red Okra that I grew before… http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2008/02/27/the-other-red-okra-that-i-grew-before/ Celebrating Life in a Garden City Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:49:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jada http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2008/02/27/the-other-red-okra-that-i-grew-before/#comment-1657 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:48:55 +0000 http://tropicalgardener.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-1657 My grandmother grew a red okra she called Tennessee Red (she lived in Tennessee, USA) that is the same as yours. I have the seeds now and I love it. It’s so beautiful that we plant some up by the house just for it’s looks.

]]> By: Janice http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2008/02/27/the-other-red-okra-that-i-grew-before/#comment-1246 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:48:48 +0000 http://tropicalgardener.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-1246 Hi Wilson,
Do you know the genus and species name for the red okra?
Thanks.
Janice

]]> By: Wilson Wong http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2008/02/27/the-other-red-okra-that-i-grew-before/#comment-188 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:19:38 +0000 http://tropicalgardener.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-188 Hi Kate,

Okra flowers open in the day. They look like the blossoms of the hibiscus as they are close relatives. They have yellow petals and a dark eye at the center.

I have posted a picture of an okra flower below, but you can see it right-away via this link:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/kuehlapis/albamared2.jpg

Wilson

]]> By: Kate http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2008/02/27/the-other-red-okra-that-i-grew-before/#comment-187 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:02:27 +0000 http://tropicalgardener.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-187 I often slice up soft, fresh, raw, red okra and toss it into salads, seeds and all. It is slightly crisp and oh so pretty and nice and the white seeds are like tiny, juicy pearls. Why is it that I hardly ever see the flowers even though I have lots of okras on each plant? I wonder if they tend to flower at night or something.

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