Mixed Colour Broom Corn - Zea mays - Ornamental Vegetable - 10 Seeds Bonsai

Mixed Colour Broom Corn - Zea mays - Ornamental Vegetable - 10 Seeds BonsaiSome of the colours produced may include cream, burgundy, gold, bronze, and brown, among others. The seed heads at the top of the plant vary from 16" to 24". They can be cut and used for decoration, or the seeds can be removed so that the broom straw can be used to make homemade whisks or brooms. Beautifully decorative.

As the name implies

This tree is found in a variety of habitats

involucral leaves yellow when young

chocolate and yellow with dark centres

making it unsuitable for all but the largest spaces unless pruned back hard at the end of every growing season

maturing to a golden brown

even to oceanic islands

Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious

The fresh or dried leaves of pennyroyal have also been used when treating colds

It produces a capsule which

each surrounded by an orange outline

this can be sown autumn through spring