Tea Cup Elephant Ear Plant Care

Tea cup variety of elephant ears was originally discovered in the wild in indonesia.

Tea cup elephant ear plant care. Planting distance varies with the size of your elephant ear plants. It has nearly black stems and cup shaped leaves. Coffee cups is a vigorous grower and with a height of 6 feet it s a good choice for the back part of a border. Set the elephant ear tuber with the pointy side facing up.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. Andy cabe regional picks. This is my first full year of growing elephant ears and coladiums and i have found that if you the prune or separate side shoots and replant them elsewhere. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Tea cup elephant ear is an open herbaceous annual with a shapely form and gracefully arching foliage. This elephant ear loves the water you can even grow it in a pot submerged in a pond. The leaves and stems are strong enough that the cup actually fills with water. Our plants ship in 3 inch deep pots when they are 3 6 inches tall so they can grow to maturity under your green thumb.

Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about colocasia elephant ear taro colocasia esculenta tea cup supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garde. They spread very rapidly via above ground rhizomes especially in wet freshly ground soil. Elephant ear varieties are hardy in zones 7 10 as. Does well in boggy areas.

Plants grow in clumpls up to a sizeable 6 feet tall. Southeast fine gardening. Its wonderfully bold coarse texture can be very effective in a balanced garden composition. Prefers sun to partial shade.

Cover the tuber with soil and water as needed. Elephant ears attributes become even more defined when they mature. Small and medium sized elephant ears should be spaced 18 24 in. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens along with seeds and plants.

Once it gets heavy enough the stem to arches over and pours it out then springs back to collect more rainfall like a natural water feature. This will increase the level of humidity surrounding the indoor elephant ear plant while preventing the roots from coming into contact with the water which may cause root rot. The leaves of this plant are upturned on the edges so that the leaves actually collect up to a cup of rain or irrigation water depending on the leaf size when the stems can no longer hold the weight the stems droop spilling the water out. Also elephant ear houseplants should be elevated slightly with a layer of rocks or pebbles between the pot and the saucer.

Or 150 cm about 3 4 ft. One of the most unusual of the elephant ears.