Known botanically as Alocasia macrorrhiza, Borneo Giant produces ears or leaves that will reach 5 feet in width with a plant 7 to 10 feet in height. It’s not hard to see why this plant has ...

KEARNEY — To the casual passerby, the landscape surrounding the Brenda and Mike Shinn home in north-central Kearney is festooned with hundreds of beautiful flowers and blooming plants.

Borneo giant is known botanically as Alocasia macrorrhiza and is cold hardy to zone 7b. Unbelievably, it produces ears or leaves that will reach 5 feet in width with a plant 7 to 10 feet in height.

The Chartreuse Giant elephant's-ear (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) is a tropical tuber and a member of the Arum family, which includes anthurium, caladium, philodendron and pothos.

Thailand Giant elephant ear is easy to grow in full sun to light shade and will steal all the attention in your garden with its enormous leaves that can grow to 5 feet long and 4 to 5 feet wide.

Giant Elephant Ears Alocasia macrorrhiza, commonly known as Giant Taro or Giant Elephant’s Ear, is a show-stopper of a shade plant. Their mature size alone is remarkable.

When elephant ear plants are mentioned, I picture immense species such as giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizas), which grows 15 feet tall, or the 4-foot dasheen (Colocasia esculenta), widely ...

Estimated to be over 36 inches long, the biggest leaf of an elephant ear plant she has grown seems to dwarf Grunert when she stands behind it. The plant was originally given to her by a friend eight ...

Elephant ears tend to prefer partial shade or bright, indirect sunlight. The ideal temperature for elephant ear plants to bloom is between 70 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit. If you're planting your ...

Elephant ear varieties, including the "Thailand Giant" shown here, require consistently moist soil that can't be allowed to dry out between waterings. So that particular spot on Novak's 300-foot ...