JunglePlants

Aroids

Elephants Ears (Delivery May - Sep)

(Autumn Sale up to 50% Off!)

Tropical Aroids by Mail Order, this family is an interesting one both from its history in cultivation and the exotic leaves that are excellent for tropical decoration. It is a wide ranging family from 20ft giants to ground cover plants with many having edible roots and leaves. It is believed that Colocasia Esculenta has been grown as a root crop for thousands of years and is probably the first plant known to have been cultivated by mankind. We offer a small range of useful species for foliage effect.

The trick with these plants is a well drained but humous compost to allow the roots to breathe, which helps prevent root rot.

Alocasia calidora

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Persian Palm 3 litre plants■☻♥

This cross of Alocasia gageana and Alocasia odora, originally hybridised by LariAnn Garner of Aroidia Research, has huge rounded leaves similar to Odora, but much stronger growing reaching 5ft in its first season given plenty of water, food and heat.

Alocasia portora (syn portodora)

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Giant Alocasia 1 litre plants ■☻♥

Portora has huge slightly wavy edged leaves derived as a cross of Alocasia portei and Alocasia odora, originally hybridised by LariAnn Garner of Aroidia Research with very strong stems and trunk. Makes an imposing plant reaching 6ft in 12 months of good growth. Seems to require a more acid soil than the others to get a good deep green to the leaves.

Alocasia wentii

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Elephants Ear 1 litre plants ■☻♣

We have a few plants available of Alocasia wentii which is quite a cool tolerant aroid with glossy dark green leaves about 1ft long from the remote mountains of New Guinea. The added attraction is the bright metallic-purple leaf backs and the plant makes a useful house plant in a bright but not sunny position.

Colocasia esculenta fontanesii

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Violet Elephants Ear, 1 litre plants ■☻♥

Fontanessii, another cool hardy Colocasia producing huge heart shaped 2ft leaves on clumps reaching 6ft. The leaves are larger and more leathery than Black Magic. Purple black stems and dark green black leaves create an excellent display. Easily over wintered in a frost free greenhouse or conservatory, if kept on the dry side during winter.

Colocasia esculenta Jacks Giant

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Giant Elephants Ear or Taro - 1 litre plants ■☻♥

An unusual elephants ear that given the right conditions can grow to 7ft with 4ft leaves, creating a spectacular display! Not sure if the next leaf in the picture will be too big for the greenhouse and I have not even fed it yet!

Colocasia esculenta Mammoth

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Giant Colocasia 1 litre plants ■☻♥

This is the variety of giant colocasia seen in Will Giles garden in Norfolk, we don't know yet if Jack's Giant will be larger until further trials but we have a few plants for sale again if anyone is interested.

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To Grow -- Easy ■ Moderate ■ and Challenging ■

May be ok for a dry Conservatory ♣

Hardiness - To -5°C җ To -10°C җ җ Fully Hardy җ җ җ

Needs Shady Position ☻ Sunny Position ☻ Water Loving ♥