Tom H. Johnson Jr. and Mary Caroline Pindar wanted to see the garden at Okra Paradise Farms.
Abelmoschus esculentus, okra, lady’s fingers, gumbo, ngombo, bhindi, vendakkai, and many other names. Possibly from West Africa, or Ethiopia, or South Asia. Requires full sun and hot temperatures with good soil.
OK; yellow squash and tomatoes behind, Okra
Getting high; cucumbers behind, Corn
Zea mays. L., corn, maize.
Bunch, Pitcher plants
They’re just common pitcher plants, Sarracenia minor, but this is the bunch we discovered here a few weeks ago after decades of no sightings.
Side, Pitcher plants
Context, Pitcher plants
Cinnamon Fern, Ferns
Osmunda cinnamomea, the Cinnamon fern.
Plenty of them, Ferns
Sweetbay magnolia, Ferns
Magnolia virginiana, Sweetbay Magnolia, and many other names.
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