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Allure Sweet Corn

Zea mays 'Allure'

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Allure Sweet Corn (Zea mays 'Allure') at Moana Nursery

Allure Sweet Corn fruit

Allure Sweet Corn fruit

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Height:  7 feet

Spacing:  12 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  (annual)

Group/Class:  Synergistic

Description:

A lovely mid-season variety with exceptional yield, maturing in time for sunny summer BBQs; producing 8" long cobs, filled with yellow and white kernels; very sweet and tender, perfect for corn on the cob, roasting, grilling, canning and freezing

Edible Qualities

Allure Sweet Corn is an annual vegetable plant that is typically grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. It produces small cobs of yellow long kernels with white variegation which are typically harvested when mature. The kernels have an exceptionally sweet taste and a juicy texture.

The kernels are most often used in the following ways:

  • Cooking
  • Baking
  • Preserves
  • Canning
  • Freezing

Planting & Growing

Allure Sweet Corn will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 16 inches. When planted in rows, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. This fast-growing vegetable plant is an annual, which means that it will grow for one season in your garden and then die after producing a crop. This is a self-pollinating variety, so it doesn't require a second plant nearby to set fruit.

This plant can be integrated into a landscape or flower garden by creative gardeners, but is usually grown in a designated vegetable garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It may require supplemental watering during periods of drought or extended heat. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

 
 
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Characteristics
Accent  Massing  Screening  Garden 
Applications
Vegetable 
Ornamental Features