Everwilde Farms - 1 lb Multi Colored Broom Ornamental Corn Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

This high yielding and easy to grow grain has been used for many years in broom making. The colorful fan-shaped seed heads come in a mix of gold, red, bronze, and purple. It does not produce the usual ears of traditional corn. The cut and dried mature straw can be used for a variety of crafts and dried arrangements, as well as brooms. Birds love the seeds too. Technically a species of sorghum, broom corn has been used for making brooms since the Dark Ages. Historians record that Benjamin Franklin first brought this unusual plant to the United States in the early 1700s. Though various states produced great amounts of this plant for centuries, production has now nearly ceased because of the high amount of labor required for this crop.