Among the plants beloved in the south of the United States, okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a crowd favorite. Because okra loves hot and sunny summers, it's most commonly grown in the deep south, but ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - As your spring-season greens give up in the summer heat, replace them with easy-to-grow summer crops like sweet potatoes, summer peas and okra. Summer peas include ...

As most of us are either planting or have already planted our warm-season vegetables, if you haven’t used all your space up yet and would like an easy plant to grow that is a big producer, give okra a ...

OKRA: You can't really have a garden in the South without okra. Native to tropical Africa, it never gets too hot for okra to thrive here. Plant seeds now into well-prepared beds, spacing the seeds 4 ...

For the last week we have talked a bit about plants of the Hibiscus clan. There are several plants of the hibiscus genus that are wonderful plants for the Texas Gardener who is always on the lookout ...

June brings the heat—and with it, the perfect conditions to get your summer garden growing strong! This month marks the heart of the season, which promises long, sunny days, warm soil, and endless ...

The last of the spring cool fronts make their way through our area in early May, so the intense heat of summer is right around the corner. Warm-season vegetables planted in late February, March and ...