Abelmoschus manihot: Difference between revisions

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Abelmoschus manihot subsp. var.

Sunset Muskmallow, Sunset Hibiscus, Hibiscus Manihot, Aibika

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The query description has an empty condition.:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈
Poisonous:	☠
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

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Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow

Malvaceae >

Abelmoschus

manihot

var.

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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^RH^k. 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.

Pests and diseases

Species

Gallery

References

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

External links

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