Amish Butter Popcorn Corn
Zea mays 'Amish Butter Popcorn Corn'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 10 feet tall1 to 3 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
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Notes
'Amish Butter Popcorn Corn' (Zea mays 'Amish Butter Popcorn Corn') is a vegetable for food gardens and containers. You grow it for popcorn. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist soil of most types. It blooms in early to late summer, and bees and butterflies visit it.
Pairs well with Sunflower, Cucumber, and Nasturtium.