Colocasia Coffee Cup: Essential Gear for Café Enthusiasts

Colocasia makes a statement in the garden or as a houseplant. In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares everything you need to know about growing and caring for Colocasia plants.

How to Grow and Care for Elephant Ears (Colocasia) Introduction to Elephant Ears As their name implies, elephant ears are prized for their large stature and huge leaves, making them impressive additions to container gardens and in-ground plantings.

Colocasia, commonly known as elephant ears, are tropical plants prized for their dramatic foliage and bold garden presence. Proper planting is crucial for achieving lush, vigorous growth and the impressive leaves Colocasia is known for.

Elephant ear plants are tropical perennials prized for their lush, large leaves. Found within the Colocasia, Alocasia, and Xanthosoma genera, these plants, while botanically different, share similar growing conditions. They grow rapidly to their full size within a single season.

Colocasia are easy to grow and are among the most popular and eye-catching of all herbaceous perennials. Whether you need a smaller container plant or a massive tropical-looking center piece, colocasia offer plenty of color and variety and many variations are amazingly hardy.

Colocasia, often referred to as 'Elephant Ears', belongs to the Araceae family. These plants are celebrated for their large, heart-shaped leaves that can bring a tropical flair to any garden or indoor space.

Colocasia (commonly called Elephant Ears) are stunning, fast growing plants that give a decidedly tropical flair to any garden. Here are 11 Colocasia varieties.

Colocasias are tropical looking perennial plants known in the western world as elephant ear plants or taro. Ornamental colocasia (the focus of this article) are important garden plants because they add a bold, tropical look, and in the southern U.S. they make fabulous garden specimens.