Colocasia gigantea (Giant Elephant Ear)

Sun to Part SunZone: 7b-10, at least 48" tall Origin: China

Open House/Web-Only! Thanks to collector extraordinaire Hayes Jackson for sharing this very distinct and hard-to-find elephant ear. Resembling an alocasia, the 4' tall grey petioles (stalks) hold the large, silver-veined, grey-green leaves outright. When the plants mature, the tip of the leaf arches downward and each leaf develops bizarre appendages on the underside...you'll just have to see it for yourself. This clone of Colocasia gigantea makes a fast-multiplying clump but without the long runners of many Colocasia esculenta forms...still plenty to share. We have never seen this clone flower and are suspicious that it may be an old hybrid. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)