Upright Elephant Ears

Excellent in a containers, this plant is a great choice for lending a dark backdrop to your favorite bright blooms. '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. Needs full sun to come to size in cool climates, but tolerates part-shade farther south. 'Sangria' Elephant Ear's light green foliage and wine-colored stalks create an extraordinary...

When the bulb is planted in good soil, the leaves can reach 4 or even 5 feet across. Always a highlight in any garden, and very easy to grow and care for. Our bulbs are top size, which means up to 10 inches in circumference! Complete planting instructions...

'Portora' Elephant Ear delivers huge, upward-facing foliage that grows to be 72-96” tall. Just one big bulb will create a large leafy plant, like a tropical fountain of green. Planted in the garden or in containers, this upright variety's deep leaf...

This results in huge dropped foliage, which can be a problem for any understory plants if left to rot on top of them. Disturbed stolons will also send up new shoots. Is a sight to behold and not one many will forget.

The foliage and stems will die back as the herbicide works its way down into the tuber. Is a name given to several plants in the Colocasia family that are grown for their large, dramatic foliage.

It is most common in areas with too much water and humidity.Fungal diseases respond well to a foliar application of copper fungicide. One of the most widely grown food crops is an elephant ear.

You can save money simply by storing elephant ear bulbs or plants for the winter. Any damage to the elephant ear bulb may result in the bulb rotting over the winter. It is okay if some dirt is still on the bulb.

These plants come in a variety of colors and sizes. Although not absolutely necessary, you may also want to apply a slow-release fertilizer to the soil periodically.Elephant ears cannot survive winter outdoors.

Alocasia is especially sensitive to boggy conditions so ensure a soil that drains well.Each of these spectacular elephant ear plant types is fairly easy to grow. Larger plants, like Colocasia, can stay in the ground but the foliage may die back if the...

Next, look at the individual pups to decide which ones to remove. Rhizomes are separated from the main mass. The name elephant ears is normally used most often to describe two different genera,.

If you notice edges of elephant ear turning brown and all other issues have been addressed, try potting it up in a good cleanmixed with one-third peat moss and moving it to a location where you can baby it for a while.

This willsurrounding the indoor elephant ear plant while preventing the roots from coming into contact with the water, which may causeTemperatures for your elephant ear houseplants should be between 65-75 F.

The most common species used as a food source isAs mentioned, taro is tropical to subtropical, but if you don't live in such a climate (USDA zones 10-11), you can try growing taro in a greenhouse.

Taro grows best in slightly acidic, moist to wet soil in shade to part shade.The plant is a rapid grower and will spread vegetatively if left unchecked. Taro plants fall into two main camps.

Below are links to articles about other Jewels mentioned above: However, not all Jewel Alocasias are so diminutive! Read on to learn about this Giant of the Jewels . Most of the Alocasia species that I consider to be "jewels" are small growers suitable...

Impossibly huge leaves and plants are often the Holy Grail for tropical plant lovers, whether their gardens are in the deep tropics or in temperate zones. Finicky is not a strong enough word for these plants!While I was experimenting with this version...

Alocasia 'Borneo Giant', a notable member of the group, is among the largest of the large Alocasia species. Most EE fanciers are familiar with at least one of these, and may have one or more in their collections or gardens.

Some plants are like icons in gardens, and when crafting a tropical garden, one of the most important icons is the group of big leaved plants known by some as "Elephant Ears", or "EEs".

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 them! Each one showed distinctive characteristics, but they arranged informally into...

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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Some of the most beautiful flowers in our gardens grow from tubers. Canna tubers can be wrapped loosely in newspaper and laid in a cardboard box with plenty of space between the packages.Store tubers in a dry cool area with a steady temperature of between...

No need to pamper this elephant! Expect this plant to reach 6 to 8 feet high at maturity, and 4 to 6 feet wide. However, the bulb can rot underground in winter in too-wet soil, so lift it before first hard frost if you live north of zone 7 or are growing...

Testing should be done at least once a month, if not more, and every time you change the water or add new fish.Once you get the quality of your water in a safe range, then the exciting part starts! Depending on what time of year it is when you reach this...

Begin checking for mature bulbs in late June. Each green leaf represents one layer of covering over the bulb in the ground. Cloves per pound: 8-14. Tie the plants in small bundles and dry in a cool, shaded, well-ventilated location for about 3-4 weeks.