Silktassel bush (Garrya elliptica) features long, white catkins that dangle off dark green leaves in wintertime. Expect this striking plant to grow slowly to 10 feet.
Spring Tassels
In spring the arching branches of drooping leucothoe offer creamy panicles above its evergreen foliage. Great for covering a shady bank, Leucothoe fontanesiana averages three to six feet tall and wide.
Tassel: With gold metallic thread, wind thread around 3-inch cardboard 22 times. Tie Long ch ends through top. Cut through strands at bottom, then wrap the strands four or five times securely around tassel about 1/4 inch from top.
Corn Corn tassels produce large amounts of pollen that is a nutritious protein source for many beneficials. And while we usually don't think of corn as an ornamental, it's actually very striking when planted in flower beds.
The New Guinea Tassel Fern Huperzia sp. grew in abundance when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. As the climate changed this fern ally became scarce and now grows in the highlands of New Guinea.
Common Names: Amaranth, love-lies-bleeding, tassel flower.
Botanical Name: Amaranthus caudatus.
Hardiness: Zones 10 and 11; grow as an annual elsewhere.
Bloom Time: Summer to early autumn.
In corn, male and female flowers are in different locations - the male flowers form a tassel which is at the top of the plant. The female flower is located at the junction of leaves and stem.
The male blooms generally appear first each spring as tassel-like growth. The female blooms appear later and consist of the ovules found at the tips of the new spring growth.
ATTRIBUTES: Red, garnet, or green flower tassels; tolerates heat; for beds or pots
SEASON OF INTEREST: Early summer to fall
FAVORITES: Red-flowered A. caudatus; dwarf green 'Green Thumb'; dwarf red 'Pygmy Torch'; A.
cornborer - look for small hole under tassel. Smash worm by squeezing tassel.
earworm - hand pick this caterpillar - yellow, green or brown with dark and light stripes. Develops into gray moth.
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Annuals for late flowering include ageratums, love-lies-bleeding or tassel flowers, nicotianas, nasturtiums, zinnias, annual lavateras such as ‘Silver cup' or ‘Mont Blanc', ten week stocks and annual rudbeckias.
When the corn begins to develop tassels at the top of the plant, don't remove it; this is the male portion of the plant which supplies the pollen. The female portion of the plant is on the silk of the cob, where each thread is attached to a kernel.
After reaching four to five feet tall, the top of the stalk will develop a tassel. The male part of the plant that produces pollen. At the point where the long leaves grow from the stem is where the corn ears will develop.
Water stress on corn will delay silking but not tassel development. In such cases, pollen shed from the tassels may precede silking. The result is poor pollination. With a little water stress, the ear may not fill out fully.
Slip a paper bag over the tassels and shake out the pollen. Do this in the morning after the temperature reaches 65° F. Then spread the silk below and sprinkle the pollen over it. Repeat this for three days in a row.
Corn is ready when the silky tassels at the end of the cobs turn brown, but check by carefully peeling back the leaves and pinching a kernel.
If the juice is milky, cobs are ready to pick. To do this, simply twist the cob away from the plant.
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Broom corn, is grown for the long fibrous tassels used for making brooms or dried arrangements. Field corn is dent corn because of the hollow space on the top of dried kernels. Dent corn is used for animal feed, oil and sweeteners.
Not exactly a flower, but…
Maine’s white pine cone and tassel is not a flower at all, but it was selected as the state's flower in 1894, after officials saw the cone in a floral emblem at the World Fair.
To get full ears of corn, the tassels need to drop pollen onto the silks, shown up front.
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To control corn earworms, some people apply a couple drops of mineral oil on the tassels. Apply it after pollination. The mineral oil suffocates the earworms.
Deer are also be a problem, if they exist in your area.
How to grow Corn: Watering
When growing corn, keep the garden soil moist (but not soggy). Avoid watering the tassels.
Note: Do not water from top down, or you'll risk interfering with the pollination cycle of the plant (thus no fruit produced).
If there is no spot in the landscape to accommodate this large, annual flower, the love lies bleeding flower can be grown in containers and is particularly attractive in hanging baskets. Tassels of the love lies bleeding plant may be used in dried ...
3. Upgrade your shades Ditch those ordinary aluminum blinds for more streamlined roller shades. Then personalize with fabric paint and fun ribbons, trims, or tassels.
which you can toss around to great effect when neighbors ask you what on earth it is. This amaranth is an old-fashioned annual with big, bold leaves. But it's grown for its odd flowers, which droop down from summer through fall in long, thin tassels ...
When the corn gets about 1 1/2 feet tall, again side-dress with 10-10-10. When the plants start tasseling and silking, make sure it gets at least one inch of water per week.
 See also: Plant, Flower, Water, Growing, Soil
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