1/4 okra bloom

When people gather at family events, some will automatically gaze to see the similarity in their relatives. The same can be said for plants; they can be in the same family and have entirely different physical growth characteristics. However, they all may have one dominant characteristic. There is a great example of this phenomenon blooming now in our area. Cotton blooms also have the distinction of blooming early with white petals and, as soon as pollination occurs, the blooms turn rosy, pink to deep red. Okra has a very distinctive bloom that continuously provides us with a favorite southern vegetable. Their blooms have a dark splotch of black or deep red in the very center of the bloom. Hibiscus cultivars’ bloom size can vary from the size of a dinner plate, to blooms n

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