
Perennial Teosinte
Zea diploperennis
A strong elegant spreading grass with edible seeds that is beautiful in large landscape borders. Perennial teosinte is a wild relative of maize that is very rare outside of Mexico – where virtually all wild populations are either threatened or endangered and exist in an area of only a few square miles. Grown since the mid-80s, the OAEC Nursery may be one of the few places in the country where you can obtain this special plant!
Water: Moderate to Dry
Hardiness: Not frost tender, but dies to the ground in Winter
Habit: Perennial spreading grass to 6' tall
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Adaptable
Origin: The Cerro de San Miguel, Sierra de Manantlan, and Jalisco in Mexico

Perennial Teosinte