The standard types of corn that are good for eating make beautiful, tall plants that fill in thick and can create a very nice looking, uniform hedge.  Better still, you can buy ornamental corn varieties that have beautiful, colorful stalks and ears.  Ornamental corn is still edible, and is much closer in type to the traditional Indian corn of ages past.

Corn plants grow fast and straight, branching out into beautiful leaves and being topped off by a tassel.  They can be planted close together to form a solid wall, which is great for a seasonal privacy hedge.  For an outdoors wedding on land you can control, imagine planting brilliantly colored ornamental corn stalks to create a border for the celebrations.

You can create fun mazes with corn too, and since it matures around the end of the season, playing the corn maze can be a fun Halloween activity for the family.

The ears from ornamental corn can be dried for decorative displays, such as a fall centerpiece.  Donate them to your church to decorate all the tables in a church function with colorful, natural décor. 

You can also eat the corn, though it is not as plumped up and flavorful as the corn we are used to eating today.  This type of corn is typically dried and ground up to be used in meal or flours.  A colorful corn bread would be especially fun to eat!

The nice thing about corn is that it is not permanent.  You can create privacy hedges and landscaping borders, knowing that they will be gone by winter, though in some areas, corn can grow year round.  Landscaping with ornamental corn gives your yard a unique, colorful look.