Catalina Almazán creates a cultural garden with flowers made with a very special material: the corn husks used to make tamales. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

That is, by selling the corn husks after harvesting. The husk contains several layers of papery tissue that encloses the flower organs, and later the grain kernels. It is a natural material ...

silky fibers that grow inside the husks of ears of corn. Corn silk itself is made from the stigma, the yellowish thread-like strands from the female flower of the corn plant. Corn silk tea is a ...