Inside Urban Green: While You're Growing, SIP Some Ornamental Corn This Summer

March 30, 2011

While You're Growing, SIP Some Ornamental Corn This Summer

This is another item from Chris Beytes and Ellen Wells in the Acres of Buzz newsletter as they wend their way through the California Spring Trials.

Along with the "Mighty 'Mato", "Field of Dreams" is another candidate for your sub-irrigated planter (SIP) summer garden. These variegated leaf corn plants will produce ornamental corn that will look good next fall along with your pumpkins and ornamental gourds.

Now you can tell your friends that your "corn plant" grew corn because you have such a green thumb. Okay, bad houseplant joke.

Here's more about "Field of Dreams".

Posted by Greenscaper on March 30, 2011 at 09:30 AM | Permalink

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