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 ...

Gardeners who prize dahlias, cannas and gladiolus are faced with a choice: buy new every year, or dig them up, store them ...

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 ...

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, ...

Q: How do I store giant elephant ear bulbs over the winter? Mine is in a cardboard box right now. — Judith Adair, email A: Keep the corms in a household closet where it’s approximately 65 degrees, not ...

Q. What is the best way to overwinter elephant ears? In an unheated attached garage with plenty of light? And what happens when they flower, as a few of my really big ones are doing now — is that bulb ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Xanthosoma 'Lime Zinger' Elephant ears Q • I have scads of elephant ear bulbs that I store and plant again in spring. This year I ...

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 thought ...