What are the ears of elephants?

The descriptive name given to this tropical plant tells it everything. Elephant ears are shaped as an elephant ears and gardeners enjoy them for their large, engaging leaves. In many varieties, leaves can grow up to 3 feet long (0.91 meters) and 2 feet wide (0.6 meters). They can easily become the focus of any garden, border or journey. Their size and shape can even attract the eye to the previously ignored corner of the garden.

Elontic ears belong to several families of plants, including Kaladium, Colocasia and Alocasia. More often, Colocasia is referred to as Taro and Caladium is called angel wings . There are more than 200 varieties, some with a varied leaves such as Nancy's Revenge, and some with disheveled leaves such as suitably named ruffles and black ruffles. One type that children will love is Mickey Mouse, which has large sheets in the shape of a silhouette famous mouse. Calodes also come in pink, white and red varieties.

The custom of the elephant's ears is to send one sheet per stThe stems grow close to each other in clusters. Under optimal conditions, some varieties such as black black magic black leaves can produce a cluster of leaves up to 6 feet tall (1.83 meters) and equally wide. In their original tropics, the ears of elephants can even greater. It is known that one variety, Colocasia Gigantea, reaches a high 10 feet (3.05 meters).

In areas with hot summer, such as American south, elephants can burn in full sun and in the afternoon they could be better with some shadow. In colder areas with less intense heat, the sun can be exactly what they need to prosper. Regardless of where they are planted, elephants will give the best and biggest show if they get a lot of water and fertilizers.

In the warm climate, the elephants will return the ears year after year. In colder climates, Corms, whinket people erroneously refer to as tubers or bulbs, they must be dug before hard frost andHolded in a protected place in winter. If they stay in the ground, they die during the cold winter.