Are you a fan of tropical plants? It is hard to imagine a larger and easier plant than elephant ears for our summer gardens. Elephant ears are a popular plant due to their large heart-shaped leaves ...

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 hardy ...

I never used to bother with digging and storing summer-blooming bulbs, such as dahlias, gladiolus, elephant ears, and more. I thought it was too much work. But last fall I was in a friend’s garden and ...

Dear Sue: Can you tell me the best method for wintering over elephant ears? Do I let them die back, then remove the bulbs from the soil, or will heavy mulching suffice? Donna, Emmaus Whether you have ...

Make room in your summer garden for the dazzling tropical beauty of elephant ears. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Elephant ear plants offer some of the boldest foliage you could ever want in a ...

When should you dig your tender bulbs to bring inside for winter storage? There are different answers for different plants. Caladium, elephant ears, calla lily, tuberous begonia and Star of Bethlehem ...

Q: The elephant ears have been frozen, and I have trimmed them back. Should I dig them up and store in a cool place? — D.P., Conroe A: If you have the commonly seen elephant ears, Colocasia esculenta, ...

Here in Eastern Iowa we've enjoyed a relatively frost-free October. But when temperatures drop, it's time to dig up and overwinter tropicals, dahlias, caladiums and tuberous begonias. All of these ...

Dig the elephant ear up! It’s okay to chop off most of the roots in the process as long as the bulb is dug out in one piece. The bulb is attached very close to the surface of the soil so it should be ...