Abelmoschus manihot

Abelmoschus manihot subsp. var.	Sunset Muskmallow, Sunset Hibiscus, Hibiscus Manihot, Aibika
	Habit: herbaceous Height: ⇕ to Width: ⇔ to 3ft6ft 3ft Height: ⇕ 3 ft to 6 ft Width: ⇔ warning.png"" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki. to 3 ft Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ Poisonous: ☠ Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer	Exposure: ☼ sun Water: ◍ moist Features: ✓ flowers Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place Minimum Temp: ☃ °Fwarning.png"°F" is not a number. USDA Zones: 10 to 12 Sunset Zones: 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^RHk. 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.

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References

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

External links

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