Eclipse: Glad to hear that they did SO WELL for you last year! Hope you saved some of the seeds for this year's garden! :~)
Hibiscus Abelmoschus Manihot Seeds
Mine bloomed and were lovely too. Thanks Shirley!! I did save some seeds and will be splitting them with a fellow plant lover (as soon as I get the lead out! LOL).
Mine did great and I've already shared seeds and have three more envelopes ready to go out as soon as the snow stops. Thanks Shirley. I'm sure planting them again this year.
I have to add mine did great too. I have sent seeds to lots of people. I really like it. Thanks for sharing with me last year.
I'm delighted that the seeds produced such wonderfully beautiful plants in all your gardens! What GREAT FEEDBACK! Also, thanks for passing these seeds onto others for their gardens too! :~)
"Badseed"...."as soon as I get the lead out!" LOL!! You're not carrying "lead", but you do have a "bun in the oven"!!! When will it be "ready"??? We are all excited for YOU!!!
LOL Official due date is April 5th, but I am hoping this one is just a couple weeks early like the last one. :)
I was reading about it on the web and it is used like okra in asia! They eat the leaves and everything! :)
Yes, it is edible. I haven't eaten or been daring enough! I just grow them for their beautiful tropical looking flowers.
Has anyone eaten one of these???
NOT you, "Badseed"! We don't want the baby to have her hands full of Hibiscus leaves and a flower in her mouth!!! :~)
They are so fuzzy/stickery...how could you stand to chew them?
Maybe they are good for fiber! :~)
Just found this information about eating this plant. http://www.seedtosupper.com/okra.html
Aibika Hibiscus (Abelmoschus) manihot, Aibika also known as, Bele (Fiji) Pele (Polynesia) and Ailan kapis (Vanuatu)
A perennial in the tropics or an annual in cooler climates Aibika bears edible leaves on plants reaching 6 feet in height. Pale yellow flowers 6 inches across with dark centers make Aibika another attractive background plant. The leaves have a high level of leaf protein, iron, potassium, magnesium and calcium. They are eaten raw as salad, or mixed with other vegetable in a stew or as a cooked green vegetable. Aibika should not be cooked longer than 5 minutes and turned only once. The flavor is sweet and mucilaginous. Flower buds are consumed either raw or cooked.
Give aibika a sunny location and moist soil, and it will be happy. As summer heats up, aibika will flourish.
LOL Moments after being born, my third daughter proved her bowel function all over my husband. Wouldn't it be a hoot if this one dispersed seeds? ;)
OH NO! We don't want the baby swallowing any seeds...too dangerous! Since the seed pods are so prickly, that would discourage most children from touching them, but there are always a few precocious ones that you've got to keep an eye on......
I thought Abelmoschus manihot had red flowers???? I have some seeds labelled that. Guess I am gonna have to break down & plant them to see what the heck they are!!!!
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chele your BAD!!!!
who's bad & who's chele? LOL
Badseed!Sorry.;0)
Buttoneer,
Please read more about these beautiful tropical looking flowers. Here is another link on the Hibiscus Abelmoschus Manihot. http://www.hibiscus.org/species/amanihot.php As you can see, they definitely are not red.
I don't know what type of Hibiscus you have or traded for, but there is one way to find out.....grow those seeds and let us know!
Ok, I will!!!! Will let you know this summer. Looking forward to seed sowing & growing.
I got this seed from a trade and the plant grew to about 8 inches and had a flower. Lovely. Now a big seedpod is forming.
Gosh, 8 inches is pretty short. That is amazing.
8 inches HAD to be a typo!
There is a red abelmoschus
http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.com/productdescrip/Hibiscus_JapRed.html
Abelmoschus moschatus,'Red', Japanese Hibiscus is another beautiful cultivar. Thanks for sharing that site with us! :~)
Does anybody happen to have any Abelmoschus seeds to share at this time? I would love to try some.
MaryinLa: Which Hibiscus seeds were you looking for? The yellow and/or the red flowered ones?
Mine was yellow (same as in the pic above). The seed had come from a DG friend in Albany, NY. Perhaps the conditions here were not the same as its origin and hence its stunted growth. She had said that her plant was about 3' high.
Actually, Shirley, I would take either one.