Jerry Petersen Blue corn
Zea mays 'Jerry Petersen Blue'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size7 to 8 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Blue
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Jerry Petersen Blue' corn (Zea mays 'Jerry Petersen Blue') is a vegetable for the food garden and as an accent. It is grown for blue flour. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows fast and stands erect, and bees visit it.
Pairs well with Old German tomato, Excelsior cucumber, and Dukat dill.