Elephant Ears

Make a splash with Elephant Ears (Colocasia esculenta)! Adramatic background plant or screen, Elephant Ears gets bigger and bolder everyyear. Easy to grow, you can plant the bulbs in compost-enriched soil that iskept evenly moist, once the danger of frost is past and the soil has warmed toabout 65F.Fertilize regularly and keep soil moisture constant or plant them around awater feature or other wet area. The huge leaves steal the show wherever theygrow. Elephant Ears are not frost tolerant so if you live in a colder zone, digthe tubers once the leaves have died back and store in a cool area until thenext spring. Great as container plants too you can plant as annuals, or protectyour containers from frost over the winter, and Elephant Ears will reappear evenbigger the following year. (30-60″ tall x 30-60″wide)