At the local greenhouse where I buy many of my spring bedding plants and vegetable starts, one of the most popular requests seems to be for okra. Do people like it for its tasty seed pods ...

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) blooms gorgeous, red-eyed, hibiscus-resembling yellow flowers, adding ornamental beauty to our gardens while we wait to harvest its juicy fruit pods for stews and sauces.