Hibiscus aculeatus has the same flower (mostly) as okra, and doesn't need watering or picking.... and grows in the shade!
I'm not a fan of okra...
I'm not a fan of tropicals... don't have the room in the house.... but there are a ton of neat hibiscus that grow fine in the south.
Don't you have cats?
Outside cats eat a lot more than the rodents and birds and lizards... I get a kick out of those ads for cat food with no corn in them... cats actually like corn! I don't even have to cook it for them.
Got to have cats in the garden to catch the rats, and voles... and rabbits.
If i could only teach them to leave the birds, lizards, snakes, butterflies alone...
