You can also grow these plants in containers inside. Similar to other tuber plants, like dahlias, elephant ears need a large container (about 1 gallon) to grow if you decide to start them indoors.

To grow elephant ears in pots as patio plants, use the largest pots that are practical to keep in scale with the huge leaves because large-volume containers are easier to keep moist.

Alocasia cucullata, Chinese taro or Chinese ape. This type of elephant ear is a slow-growing, clumping evergreen plant reaching up to 2 ft. high and makes for an excellent indoor container plant.

Elephant Ears are among a type of seed in Grow a Garden that cannot be bought from the seed shop. Instead, you need to be very lucky to open a couple of specific packs to get your hands on it.

Surprisingly cold hardy for a plant with Tropical Asian ancestry, ‘Boa,’ like most elephant ears, grows rapidly on organically enriched sites that are kept moist.

How to store elephant ears (the easier way) If space isn’t an issue, I recommend doing a little less work and keeping these elephant ears asleep in containers filled with soil during the winter.

Our guide goes over everything you need to know about making the most of the Elephant Ears crop in Grow A Garden. The post Grow A Garden Elephant Ears guide appeared first on Backdash.

Elephant ears is the name used to market taro as an ornamental. Elephant ears, or taro, is a wetland herbaceous plant with large heart-shaped leaves that resemble the ears of elephants.

This is a fast-growing plant, reaching its full height (4 to 6 feet) in a single growing season. Stingray alocasia makes an excellent container plant.

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