Johnsons with okra, corn, and pitcher plants 2019-06-24

Tom H. Johnson Jr. and Mary Caroline Pindar wanted to see the garden at Okra Paradise Farms.

That one, Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus, okra, lady’s fingers, gumbo, ngombo, bhindi, vendakkai, and many other names. Possibly from West Africa, or Ethiopia, or South Asia. Requires full sun and hot temperatures with good soil.

OK; yellow squash and tomatoes behind, Okra
OK; yellow squash and tomatoes behind, Okra

Getting high; cucumbers behind, Corn

Zea mays. L., corn, maize.

Getting high; cucumbers behind, Corn

Bunch, Pitcher plants

They’re just common pitcher plants, Sarracenia minor, but this is the bunch we discovered here a few weeks ago after decades of no sightings.

Bunch, Pitcher plants

Side, Pitcher plants
Side, Pitcher plants

Context, Pitcher plants
Context, Pitcher plants

Cinnamon Fern, Ferns

Osmunda cinnamomea, the Cinnamon fern.

Cinnamon Fern, Ferns

Plenty of them, Ferns
Plenty of them, Ferns

Sweetbay magnolia, Ferns

Magnolia virginiana, Sweetbay Magnolia, and many other names.

Sweetbay magnolia, Ferns

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