How to Plant Elephants Ears Outdoors These tropical Asian natives will grow as perennials in warm climates. Elephant ears prefer rich, moist soil and generally favor filtered sun but can be grown ...

At times, Houseplants 101 turns its eye on plants that are more well-known for growing outdoors than indoors. One example is caladium, or elephant ear plants. Their large leaves make a wonderful ...

Elephant ears, bananas, hoja santa and other large leaf perennials should be cut off after hard freeze damage, leaving 2- to 3-inch stumps. Then cover the stumps with shredded mulch.

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 ...

Q. This past year was my first time planting and growing elephant ears; I didn’t know I was supposed to pull them out of the ground for the winter! I pulled the dead stalks from them and I th… ...

Elephant Ears, (colocasia esculenta) are tuberous, herbaceous perennials in warm climates. In Asia this perennial is widely grown as a staple food called taro. It mainly grows in swampy or moist ...

The plant grows from a bulblike structure called a corm. In warmer climates, elephant’s ear grows as a perennial. Here in Nebraska, the plant is grown as an annual.

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include azalea, redbud, Lenten rose, peony, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower and savory calamint. A common ...