different types of elephant ear plants
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How Many Types of Elephant Ears Are There? Native to Asia, the Alocasia genus of elephant ears is available in several varieties, including the striking African Mask (Alocasia amozonica), which has bronze-green leaves with white veins. This variety is often used as a houseplant. Leaves are leathery and grow to 16 inches long.aladium. Native to tropical America, including Florida and Louisiana, the Caladium genus of elephant ear is all about leaf color. These plants produce leaves up to 1 1/2 feet long in vibrant color patterns.
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Giant Elephant Ears Accent the Garden This year I planted four different types of elephant ears in addition to nine large banana plants. Elephant ears make a statement in the garden with their larger than life leaves. In my garden, they are at one end of my pool in front of a picket fence, which is the direct line of sight from our main sitting area.here are three or more types of plants available under the common name of elephant ear. Most commonly found are the colocasia, alocasia, and xanthosoma. Colocasia, also called tara, has large, heart-shaped leaves that range from six inches to eight feet long.
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Elephant Garlic Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum) is the source of much confusion and the issue of elephant vs normal size garlic is one with a counter-intuitive outcome. Many people are attracted to elephant garlic and buy it simply because of its size. They assume that it must be more strongly flavoured than ordinary variety.
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- The elephant is distinguished by its massive body, large ears and a long trunk, which has many uses ranging from using it as a hand to pick up objects, as a horn to trumpet warnings, an arm raised in greeting to a hose for drinking water or bathing. Asian elephants differ in several ways from their African relatives. They are much smaller in size and their ears are straight at the bottom, unlike the large fan-shape ears of the African species. Only some Asian male elephants have tusks. All African elephants, including females, have tusks.
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- Popular plants found in this garden may include tropical (or tender) bulbs like: 1  Elephant ears. 2  Caladiums. 3  Calla lilies. 4  Ginger. 5  Cannas.
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- How to Grow Elephant Ear Plants. Community Q&A. The Elephant Ear (Colocasia) plant is perennial herb that grows up to 9 feet (3 meters) in height and sprouts large, arrow-shape leaves. It gets its name because the large leaves resemble the ears on an elephant.
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Elephant's Ear Plant Care Where to Buy: Visit your local nursery for a selection of elephant’s ears to transplant into your garden. You can also check out Tony Avent’s Plant Delights Nursery (plantdelights.com) in Raleigh, North Carolina, for a big assortment of elephant’s ears.
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How to Grow Elephant Ears in Zone 6 Plant the elephant ear corms at a depth of 1 to 2 inches with the tops upright. Space the tubers 3 to 5 feet apart. Saturate the soil to a depth of 8 to12 inches. Add more soil to the planting site, if necessary, so the corms remain at the planted depth.tep 5. Dig up the elephant ear tubers early in the fall when temperatures start falling below 50 degrees F. Lift the tubers from the soil with a garden fork, being careful not to damage them. Store the tubers in a paper bag in a cool, dry place during the winter. Divide the tubers before replanting in the spring.
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Species of Elephant Ear Plants Elephant ears can be cultivated indoors or contained in outside gardens. Elephant ear plants grow in many species with varying sizes, shapes and colors. Invasive species exist in certain parts of the country, and knowing which species have the potential for aggressive spreading helps when choosing a specific cultivar.he Alocasia species of elephant ear comes in many varieties with different sizes and colors. The evergreen leaves of the alocasia are heart-or arrow-shaped, measuring 8 to 36 inches depending on variety.
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- How to Transplant Elephant Grass Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is an tall ornamental grass native to areas of Africa where it was food for elephants. This grass has a rhizome root system that spreads quickly and can become invasive.
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How to Grow Elephant Ears in Zone 6 Overview. Elephant ears (Colocasia esculenta) are tropical plants that thrive in sunlight or shade and need a humid environment. In northern regions, such as USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6, elephant ears grow from tubers, or corms, which are dug up each fall and planted again in the spring.It is possible to bring the plant into the house for the winter and return it to the outside when danger from frost has passed.tep 5. Dig up the elephant ear tubers early in the fall when temperatures start falling below 50 degrees F. Lift the tubers from the soil with a garden fork, being careful not to damage them. Store the tubers in a paper bag in a cool, dry place during the winter. Divide the tubers before replanting in the spring.
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- Adam-and-Eve (Arum, Lord-and-Ladies, Wake Robin, Starch Root, Bobbins, Cuckoo Plant) | Scientific. Names: Arum maculatum | Family: Araceae. African Wonder Tree () | Scientific Names: Ricinus communis | Family: Alocasia (Elephant's Ear) | Scientific Names: Alocasia spp.
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How to Transplant Elephant Grass How to Transplant Elephant Grass. Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is an tall ornamental grass native to areas of Africa where it was food for elephants. This grass has a rhizome root system that spreads quickly and can become invasive. Choose a transplanting location with plenty of room so the grass won't overtake other plants.
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African Elephant Pictures Animals & Nature. African elephants (Loxodonta africana), also known as African bush elephants or African savanna elephants, are the largest living land mammal. African elephants have a large head, large ears, and a long muscular trunk. The two front incisors of African elephants grow into large tusks that curve forward.
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African Elephant Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much. Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.
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Bupleurum Bupleurum, or hare’s ear root, is a very well known herb in the Chinese herbal pharmacopia and it is included in many classic formula prescriptions. Native to East Asia, buplerum is a member of the Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae) family, and resembles fennel and dill, although its leaves are long and thin rather than lacy.
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Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome What is von Hippel-Lindau syndrome? Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a hereditary condition associated with tumors arising in multiple organs. The tumors in VHL include hemangioblastomas, which are blood vessel tumors of the brain, spinal cord, and eye. The eye tumors are also called retinal angiomas.
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Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Elephant grass is a summer growing grass that grows from sea level up to an altitude of 2000 m (Francis, 2004). It does well in places where temperatures range from 25 °C to 40 °C (FAO, 2015) and where annual rainfall is over 1500 mm.lephant grass is a robust, rhizomatous, tufted perennial grass. It has a vigourous root system, developing from the nodes of its creeping stolons. The culms are coarse, perennial, and may be up to 4-7 m in height, branched above. Elephant grass forms dense thick clumps, up to 1 m across.
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Caladium Caladium /kəˈleɪdiəm/ is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear (which they share with the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthosoma), Heart of Jesus, and Angel Wings.
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How to Grow Elephant Ear Plants How to Grow Elephant Ear Plants. The Elephant Ear (Colocasia) plant is perennial herb that grows up to 9 feet (3 meters) in height and sprouts large, arrow-shape leaves. It gets its name because the large leaves resemble the ears on an elephant.
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Hardiness of Elephant Ears Hardiness varies among the Colocasia esculenta species' cultivars and plants in related species that also are called elephant ears. For example, the purplish-black-leaved cultivar Black Magic (Colocasia esculenta Black Magic) is hardy in USDA zones 8 through 10, and dwarf elephant ear (Colocasia affinis var.
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How to Plant & Care for Mammoth Elephant Ears Place mammoth elephant ear rhizomes in containers with drain holes in the bottom. Pour a 2- to 3-inch depth of peat-based potting mix over the rhizomes. Moisten the potting mix with water. Water the rhizomes as necessary to maintain slightly moist potting mix until new stems begin to grow.
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- There are two species of elephants in Africa; the savanna elephant and the forest elephant, (Loxodonta cyclotis). The savanna elephant's habitat is usually savannas or grasslands. They are herbivores, and feed on grasses, fruits, tree leaves, bark, shrubs, and vines.
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How to Grow Elephant Ear Plants Give the plant plenty of room. The adult Elephant Ear plant will need at least 3 feet (1 meter) of space, at a bare minimum, for proper growth and show in a relatively shady area. A really healthy plant may need as much as 5 feet (1-2 meters) of space.
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Elephant grass The term Elephant grass may refer to the following grass species: The African Pennisetum purpureum, also known as Napier grass, Uganda grass or giant king grass The Eurasian Saccharum ravennae, also known as ravennagrass or ekra The South Asian Miscanthus fuscus, also used as a biomass crop
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How to Plant Elephant Ear Bulbs HOW TO PLANT ELEPHANT EAR BULBS. In this video you'll learn the difference between Alocasia and Cloocasia Elephant Ear bulbs, and also how to plant elephant ear bulbs in your garden. Colocasia are the original elephant ears with downward facing leaves resembling the shape of an elephant ear.
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How to Grow Elephant Ear Plants in Texas Dig up the elephant ear bulb when the leaves begin to yellow and die if you live in an area of Texas that receives frost. Cut off the leaves and the stems. Dry the bulb well, wrap it in peat moss and store it in a warm, dry area. Gardeners in frost-free regions in Texas can leave the bulb in the ground over the winter.