Trailing Elephant Bush

Gardeners love this exotic favorite as a screen or as a background for smaller plants and flowers. (Colocasia gigantea) 'Thailand Giant' is the largest variety of Elephant Ear, creating a giant, light-green canopy of gently-ribbed leaves in the summer...

'Black Magic' creates a striking look in partial shade, with purple-black leaves that appear velvety from a distance. Always a highlight in any garden, and very easy to grow and care for.

Gardeners love this exotic favorite as a screen or as a background for smaller plants and flowers. Plant in containers to create a tropical paradise on your own patio.(Colocasia) 'Sangria' Elephant Ear's light green foliage and wine-colored stalks create...

These varieties also produce, or attempt to produce, a flower-like stalk. Elephant garlic is planted 6-8 inches apart and covered with 4-6 inches of soil. Garlic is shipped only in the fall-late September or early October, depending on the season.

The massive leaves and speedy elephant ear growth rate make this a plant that is perfect for maximum impact in the garden. This tropical Arum is an excellent choice for pond edges, lightly shaded areas and as screens for hiding unsightly items.

(Colocasia esculenta) This elephant ear will be the biggest thing in your garden – Maybe even the biggest in the neighborhood! You will receive an Elephant Ears as a bulb, his bulb is up to 10 inches in circumference! Once planted, The Elephant Ear...

In good soil, the leaves can reach 4 or even 5 feet across. Gardeners love this exotic favorite as a screen or as a background for smaller plants and flowers. Just one big bulb will create a large leafy plant, like a tropical fountain of green.

Is a name given to several plants in the Colocasia family that are grown for their large, dramatic foliage. Elephant ears are native to Central and South America where their large tubers are eaten like a potato.

One of the most widely grown food crops is an elephant ear. Although they need plenty of water, they can develop problems in standing water or if they are allowed to dry out for long periods of time.

If you find pests, treat the bulbs with an insecticide. You can also cut off any remaining foilage at this time.After you clean the elephant ear bulbs, they must be dried. It is very important to the success of saving elephant ears for the winter that...

The tubers can be placed directly outdoors once the threat of frost or freezing temperatures have ceased in your area. Elephant ear plants can be used as background plants, ground covers, or edging, especially around ponds or along walkways or patio enclosures.

The arrow-shaped blades typically have decorative veins. In cold regions, dig up the bulbs, allow them to dry for a day or two and then save them in mesh bags in a cool, dry area.Many of these plants can be sensitive to tap water.

We have a c.i.t.e.s permit and would like to sell it as we have no use for it. We have a c.i.t.e.s permit and would ... We have a legal pair of elephant tusks we would like to sell.

Most of the Alocasia species that I consider to be "jewels" are small growers suitable for a windowsill or small conservatory. However, not all Jewel Alocasias are so diminutive! Read on to learn about this Giant of the Jewels .

The name is simply a nod to the giant foliage these plants produce. Read on to learn how to divide elephant ears successfully.can become huge plants with gigantic leaves. These babies can be separated from the parent plant and installed elsewhere.

It may have been a soil condition underlying the plant's foliage problems. They are part of a group of tubers that produce taro, a popular food in tropical locations. Look for pests such asFungal issues also plague in-ground plants when irrigation water...

Also, elephant ear houseplants should be elevated slightly with a layer of rocks or pebbles between the pot and the saucer. Elephant ears have very large heart-shaped leaves borne on 2-3 foot petiole or leaf stalks.

The plant is easily propagated via tubers, which can be obtained at some nurseries or from the grocers, especially if you have access to an Asian market. As the plant grows, it will continue to send out shoots, leaves and tubers which allow you to continually...

In other words, it can become a pest, so consider carefully where you wish to plant it.Taro is native to swampy areas of tropical southeastern Asia and, as such, likes wet “feet.” That said, during its dormant period, keep the tubers dry, if possible.

We have a legal pair of elephant tusks we would like to sell. Does any one know who I can approach or is any one interested in buying them? We have a c.i.t.e.s permit and would like to sell it as we have no use for it.

It is a very lovely bush and they are worth alot of money and they are low maintinence bushes. I have two bushes out in front of my house i believe they are called Elephant bushes.

Hope springs eternal this summer! I, too, have experienced this, and more than once. To my delight and surprise, I did manage to keep some Robustas alive long enough to prove that I might be on to something.

So I conceived the idea of trying to produce new and exotic plants via hybridization. If I succeeded, I would then have something with which to trade for the rare plants I desired.I found that I had produced not just one new plant, but an abundance of...

Most EE fanciers are familiar with at least one of these, and may have one or more in their collections or gardens. All in all, you are sure to find a large Ear for your tropical corner or garden in this group.

While the macrorrhizos group has the most diversity of form by far when compared to the other two groups, members of the odora group exhibit the greatest cold-hardiness. I state "terrestrial" because while many of the Jewels are found on rocks or in situations...

Here I'll showcase Colocasia and Xanthosoma and help dispel some of the confusion generated by naming plants from three completely different genera as "elephant ears". These two kinds are not the giant-growing kinds that most people might see in tropical...

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