Your box of elephant ear tubers should be kept in a spot indoors that is dry and between 45 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit to keep them mostly dormant. Check each bulb for signs of rot or insects ...

Elephant ears pair well with other tropical plants, so choose a variety to create a colorful garden. Look for sweet potato vine, coleus, begonias, canna, impatiens, and caladium.

Combine plants of different sizes and shapes to create visual excitement. Containers filled with tall plants such as gladiolus, cannas, tall varieties of dahlias, and large elephant ears provide ...

Plants with bulbs can be cut all the way back to the ground but elephant ears don’t have to be cut to the ground. They will sprout back where the newest leaf emerged or if the stem is damaged ...

Elephant ears do great in containers, as single specimens or as the "thriller" element when mixed together with other plants. For large ears, the bigger the pot, the better.

A: Elephant ears are great summer plants, and add tropical flair to any garden. They are also reasonably carefree. That is until fall, when these great plants — colocasia or alocasia — are not ...

Big leafy elephant ears excel as oversized-exclamations in garden beds or large containers, sometimes both simultaneously. For drama, place huge pots of elephant ears right into the garden where th… ...

My elephant's-ear bulbs stay in the ground all year. Wait until the long-range forecast looks dry before planting. Our backyard is visible to our neighbors, who have a raised patio that allows ...

She planted the bulbs during the spring, and the plants have grown leaves that resemble the floppy ears of an elephant. Anderson estimated they are about 3 to 4 feet long.

These are classic summer plants. Even in our mild coastal gardens, elephant ears, which grow from perennial underground tubers, will go dormant each winter. Except in heavy clay soils, the tubers ...