Where To Buy Visit your local nursery for a selection of elephant ears to transplant into your garden. You can also check out Tony Avent's Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina, for a big assortment of elephant ears. Or visit Just Fruits and Exotics, Florida Hill Nursery, and...
Elephant ears makebeautiful potted plantsand have the advantage of being easily moved to better light exposure or a warmer environment. Here's how to pot your plants: If you have purchased a plant, choose a container that is at least 2 inches wider in diameter than the nursery pot. For tu...
What Are Common Pest and Plant Diseases for Alocasia Plants? How to Tell if an Alocasia Plant Is Not Growing? Are Alocasia Plants Poisonous? How to Help an Alocasia Plant Grow? What Are Alocasia Plants? Alocasia (Alocasia spp.), commonly known as elephant’s ear, is a group of broad-lea...
Elephant ears are tender perennials; temperatures below 68°F can be injurious. To overwinter, remove the foliage, dig up the corm, set it aside to dry, and pack it in dry wood shavings or peat. (Break off any small “offsets”— new plants produced by a mother plant complete with the...
Caladium, angel wings, and elephant ears (a name shared by several different species of large-leaf tropical plants)Plant type: Tuberous tropical perennialZones: Perennial in zones 9-11; can be grown as an annual or houseplant elsewhere.Height...
All parts of the plant can be toxic if ingested, especially the bulb. Keep away from children and pets.AMARYLLIS CARE & GROWING: INDOORSPhoto by: Sarycheva Olesia / ShutterstockWhen to plant: October until the end of April. It usually takes six to eight weeks for amaryllis to bloom. (Pl...
What's an elephant ear plant? Why cut? How to cut back your plant Everyone knows that the recipe for a healthy plant includes sunlight, water and hearty soil, but an often overlooked essential is cutting plants back, especially when they start to overgrow or are outdoor varieties approaching...
How to Grow Elephant Ears: The Complete Plant Guide Planting Where to Grow Dahlias Dahlias thrive in 6 to 8 hours of direct sun, especially morning sunlight, and they benefit from protection from wind. Consider their size at maturity when planting. They grow best in rich, well-draining soil...
To propagate, cut off and plant offsets (“babies”) that sprout around the base. Non-toxic to pets, but are ornamental; should not be ingested. What is a ponytail palm? So let’s talk more about ponytail palms. Much likeelephant ear plantsandbanana plants, ponytail palms are beautiful ...
familyAsparagaceae. But they certainly do resemble a palm, with a single stem emerging from a mounded trunk base and strappy leaves flowing in cascades from the top. This interesting plant is also known as Elephant’s Foot, due to the base of the trunk resembling an elephant’s foot in ...