A. Vine okra is the same plant as the luffa vine, also called Chinese okra, vegetable sponge and dishrag gourd. Luffa cylindrica is a heat-loving, fast-growing plant that reaches 15 feet and ...

Mr. Solomon Tsoi, Horticulturist, teaches you how to grow Okra and the benefits of eating okra.

A New Orleans man earned a Guinness World Records title by growing an okra plant that reached heights of 16.4 feet.

Planting okra in their home garden started as a new hobby for Mobile residents Terry and Candace Stevens, but it quickly grew much bigger.

A gardener in North Carolina may have produced the tallest okra plant ever seen, if it is certified a world record.

Also called Chinese okra, vegetable sponge and dishrag gourd, Luffa cylindrica is a heat-loving, fast-growing vinelike plant that reaches 15 feet (and taller). It produces yellow flowers and ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Georgetown Times features John Nelson’s Mystery Plant series each Friday. You can find the answer to today’s mystery plant in next Friday’s paper.