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Author Message   Neshane  My Weather Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 06:52 pm EST :    I couldn't find any place that I could put this so I will try here. Now don't laugh (I'm new) but I planted an elephant ear bulb couple weeks ago but it's not growing, I wonder if I planted it upside down or not...now it's too hard to tell which side it up!!???? h-e-l-p Neshane - Indiana, Zone "5b"   Goswimmin  My Weather My Garden Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 07:51 pm EST :    My elephant ears are just coming up. They are always very late. Maybe yours is just getting ready to come up. Mary Goswimmin - Georgia, Zone "7b"   Terryk  Supporting Member My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 10:53 pm EST :    This is my fist time growing them, the need warm, and do take a few weeks to get going. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Perkie  Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 04:28 pm EST :    I wonder what IS a plant called elephant ears? Is this the real name? Can you put a picture of it, please? Gerda Perkie - Gelderland, Zone "Nederland"   Neshane  My Weather Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 05:58 pm EST :    Yes, there really is a LARGE plant called an Elephant Ear. It stands about 6' tall and the leaves are like 40"long and 2 1/2'wide. They grow from bulbs and the leaves make wonderful cement leaves for decoration.This man has a hundred of them and said I can come out and cut all the leaves I wanted to cement!!So I did and made him some too. I only made one large one cause it's TOO heavy, so I made smaller ones. This is two cement ones I made. Neshane - Indiana, Zone "5b"   Perkie  Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 05:36 am EST :    Thanks for showing - had never seen them befote! Gerda Perkie - Gelderland, Zone "Nederland"   Otnorot  Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 07:56 pm EST :    Perkie you would know them as Colocasia. Neshane I like your concrete leaves. Bill Otnorot - Ont, Zone "6A"   Sandykk  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Friday, June 08, 2007 - 08:04 pm EST :    I made a big birdbath out of mine last year. The bigger the better! DH did have to help me carry it to it's resting place. Sandykk - Maryland, Zone "6/7"

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