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 ...

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 ...

Elephant ears and canna lilies add a great tropical look to the garden with their broad and sometimes bright leaves, but Kansas winters are generally a little too much for them. Instead of leaving ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

While some bulbs, like tulips, can be planted and forgotten, other tender bulbs often require an extra step in winter to keep them healthy for spring.

This has been a banner year for tropical-plant nuts like me as Regal Shields, Borneo Giant and Portora (just to name a few) started showing up in area garden centers. These are just a few of the ...

Here in Eastern Iowa we've enjoyed a relatively frost-free October. But when temperatures drop, it's time to dig up and overwinter tropicals, dahlias, caladiums and tuberous begonias. All of these ...