Elephant ears

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Elephant ears

08-03-2008, 11:26 AM

Hi,
I have seen these bulbs in a garden centre, and wanted to grow some in my garden. The fancy name is colocasia. I have seen them growing in the US and love them because they get so big.
But I wanted to know if anyone has any experience of growing them here in the UK, and how did they get on?

Thank you for any help you can give me.

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08-03-2008, 01:26 PM

I've got some - here when we moved. I hate them quite profoundly - they look like a pink flowered cabbage. I shifted them out of the garden to a spot just over the wall - on the corporation's verge. Other people cultivate their bit of verge - mine is the place I put the stuff I can't like but don't want to kill. It has red-hot pokers there too! They grow well - too well! Send me a pm with your address and I'll send you a bit (you could have the lot but the postage would be stupid!)

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