Growing your garden…
Compare crops in this group using your USDA-zone suitability, planting windows, growing method, sun needs, and expected harvest timing.
4 crops · USDA Zone Not selected
Zea mays amylacea and indurata groups
Dry-grain corns selected for soft floury or hard flinty endosperm, meal, piki, atole, parching, hominy, and traditional foods.
Zea mays ornamental flint, dent, and popcorn selections
Dry corn selected primarily for colorful ears, fall display, crafts, or dual decorative and culinary use.
Zea mays everta
Hard-kernel corn dried to low moisture and heated so internal steam expands the endosperm.
Zea mays convar. saccharata
Warm-season grass crop grown for sweet edible ears.