Corn

Blue Giant

About Corn and Blue Giant

Corn

Blue Giant

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What is

Life Span

Annual

Perennial

Type

Vegetable

Cactus or Succulent

Origin

North America, Central America, South America

Southwestern United States, Mexico

Types

Field Corn, Sweet Corn, Baby Corn, Indian Corn

Dasylirion acrotrichum, Dasylirion berlandieri, Dasylirion cedrosanum

Number of Varieties

0 40000

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Habitat

Clay soil areas, Loamy soils, Sandy areas

Desert, Dry areas, Rocky areas

USDA Hardiness Zone

-999912-15

0 99

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AHS Heat Zone

12-5

12-10

Sunset Zone

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Habit

Upright/Erect

Rosette/Stemless

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

120.00 cm17.78 cm

0 3900

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Minimum Width

60.00 cm10.16 cm

0 6350

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Plant Color

Flower Color

Yellow

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Fruit Color

White, Yellow, Light Yellow, Peach

Tan

Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Dark Green

Green, Blue Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Dark Green

Green, Blue Green

Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Dark Green

Green, Blue Green

Leaf Color in Winter

Green, Dark Green

Green, Blue Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Long Linear

Narrow

Thorns

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Season

Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Growth Rate

Very Fast

Slow

Type of Soil

Loam

Loam, Sand

The pH of Soil

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

Soil Drainage

Well drained

Bloom Time

Indeterminate

Spring

Repeat Bloomer

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Tolerances

Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Ground

Container, Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings

Leaf Cutting, Seedlings, Stem Cutting

Plant Maintenance

Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Needs watering once a week, Never Over-water, Over-head watering

Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally

In Summer

Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate

In Winter

Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

Soil Type

Loam

Loam, Sand

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

Fertilizers

Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium, Well-rotted manure

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Fertilzer with low nitrogen content

Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Plant Tolerance

Drought

Facts

Flowers

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Flower Petal Number

Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

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Edible Fruit

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Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

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Fragrant Fruit

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Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

Showy Foliage

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Showy Bark

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Foliage Texture

Coarse

Bold

Foliage Sheen

Glossy

Matte

Evergreen

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Invasive

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Self-Sowing

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Attracts

Bees, Butterflies

Allergy

Asthma, Diarrhea, Headache, Nausea, Runny nose, Skin rash, sneezing, Vomiting

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Ground Cover

Beauty Benefits

Good for skin and hair, Improve hair condition, Improve skin condition

Edible Uses

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Environmental Uses

Food for animals, Food for birds, Food for insects

Air purification

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Anemia, Antioxidants, Diabetes, Improve heart health, Indigestion, Nutrients

Part of Plant Used

Fruits

Other Uses

Economic Purpose, Employed in herbal medicine, Oil is used as an industrial solvent, Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties

useful as a ground cover

Used As Indoor Plant

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Used As Outdoor Plant

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Garden Design

Edible, Herb, Vegetable

Container, Dried Flower, Everlasting, Feature Plant, Rock Garden, Wall, Wildflower

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

ZEA mays

DASYLIRION berlandieri

Common Name

Maize

Blue Giant, Blue Twister, Desert Spoon, Zaragosa

In Hindi

मक्का

Blue Giant Grass

In German

Mais

Blue Giant Grass

In French

Blé

Blue Giant Herbe

In Spanish

Maíz

Blue Grass gigante

In Greek

Καλαμπόκι

Μπλε Giant Grass

In Portuguese

Milho

Blue Grass gigante

In Polish

Kukurydza

Błękitny Gigant Trawa

In Latin

corn

Giant herba blue

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Streptophyta

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Asparagales

Family

Poaceae

Agavaceae

Genus

Zea

Dasylirion

Clade

Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots

Angiosperms, Monocots

Tribe

Andropogoneae

Subfamily

Panicoideae

Nolinoideae

Number of Species

622

1 27800

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Properties of Corn and Blue Giant

Wondering what are the properties of Corn and Blue Giant? We provide you with everything About Corn and Blue Giant. Corn doesn't have thorns and Blue Giant doesn't have thorns. Also Corn does not have fragrant flowers. Corn has allergic reactions like Asthma, Diarrhea, Headache, Nausea, Runny nose, Skin rash, sneezing and Vomiting and Blue Giant has allergic reactions like Asthma, Diarrhea, Headache, Nausea, Runny nose, Skin rash, sneezing and Vomiting. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Corn and Blue Giant and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Corn and Blue Giant

Season and care of Corn and Blue Giant is important to know. While considering everything about Corn and Blue Giant Care, growing season is an essential factor. Corn season is Spring, Summer and Fall and Blue Giant season is Spring, Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Corn is Loam and for Blue Giant is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Corn is Neutral and for Blue Giant is Neutral, Alkaline.

Corn and Blue Giant Physical Information

Corn and Blue Giant physical information is very important for comparison. Corn height is 120.00 cm and width 60.00 cm whereas Blue Giant height is 17.78 cm and width 10.16 cm. The color specification of Corn and Blue Giant are as follows:

Corn flower color:
Corn leaf color: Green and Dark Green
Blue Giant flower color: Yellow
Blue Giant leaf color: Green and Blue Green

Care of Corn and Blue Giant

Care of Corn and Blue Giant include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Corn pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Blue Giant pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves and Remove dead or diseased plant parts. In summer Corn needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Blue Giant needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.