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 ...

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 areas ...

Gardeners across the South have long planted a group of large-foliage plants in their gardens with the common name of elephant ear. These distinctive plants can add a dramatic tropical statement in a ...