Zea
Maize, Corn
- Height × spread
- 2m – 2.2m × 0.5m – 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
These are grasses that are generally treated as annuals. Sweetcorn (Zea Mays) may be grown for its edible fruits. There are a number of varieties that have been developed as garden ornamentals, either with variegated foliage, or with attractively coloured cobs (the sweetcorn fruit). They can be grown in a container or planted in the garden. The ornamental forms are of manageable heights of around 1.2 metres or smaller.
- Flower colour
- Beige, Brown
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black, White, Yellow
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Column
- Height
- 2m – 2.2m
- Spread
- 0.5m – 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Exotic garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are not hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Apply slow release fertiliser
Apply a slow release fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plants soon after they have come into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.