If your garden has shady spots, you don’t have to settle for dull, colorless plants or bare patches of ground. While they ...

Waikiki Elephant Ears. Waikiki forms a compact mound about three feet tall and wide. Growing conditions: It likes full to part sun and moist soil. Hardiness. It's winter hardy to about 15 degrees ...

He never really has since the end of World War II, when he had to use his wits to scavenge for milk powder or wait in line for a meager ration of a meal made from flower bulbs. “My wife used to ...

Elephant ears prefer drier soil in winter, so reduce watering when they go dormant. The plants may not be as winter hardy in wet soil. Elephant ears drink up humidity. Although the foliage dies ...

Royal Hawaiian Maui Gold elephant ... ear is a vibrant green plant that thrives in zones 8 and warmer. The plant can grow up to 48 inches tall and wide, making it an excellent backdrop for other ...

‘Group several tropical plants together to create your own mini tropics – providing each ... Is it normal for Elephant Ears to lose leaves? Yes, it is normal for Elephant Ears to lose leaves in winter ...

If you finally decided to plant elephant ear tubers this past spring, you may be wondering how to keep them healthy for next year as winter arrives. These tropical plants in the Araceae family make a ...

But others would rather have plants that feature showstopping foliage. When I first started learning about gardening a couple of decades ago, I was a blossom girl: a shrub or houseplant wouldn’t make ...

As mentioned, elephant ears are a tropical plant, so as annuals in colder regions, they'll only survive one growing season and won't survive the winter. Their bulbs must be dug up, stored, and ...

Those bulbs need a long winter chill and a cool spring to do ... daylily, Easter lily, elephant ear, gingers (alpinia, curcuma, costus, globba, hedychium), gladiolus, hurricane lily (Lycoris ...