Popcorn shoot
Zea mays 'Popcorn'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Popcorn' shoot (Zea mays 'Popcorn') is a vegetable for food garden and accent use. It is grown for its sweet-flavored shoots. 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 grows at a rapid rate and attracts bees.
Pairs well with Navy bean, Smoothie cucumber, Lizzano F1 tomato, and Pesto Perpetuo basil.