Latin name: Colocasia esculenta
Description: Absolutely fabulous exotic with enormous leaves up to 30cm across by 90cm long and all in one season! The leaves are held on thick stalks a meter or more above the ground. More unusual varieties can be purchased from specialist grows such as ‘Black Magic’ which, as its name implies, has deliciously purplish-black leaves.
Hardiness: Borderline hardy taking several degrees of frost if well mulched otherwise dig up and store over winter like potatoes.
Height: 1-1.5m
Position: Full sun to dappled shade
Soil: Any well-drained garden soil with lots of extra organic matter
Water: Water well to establish and mulch heavily to keep moisture in
Usage: Stunning plant for a really full-on jungle effect. Takes well to container growing
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Debbie - who has written 872 posts on My Climate Change Garden.
I am not an experienced gardener - more of an enthusiastic amateur who learns by trial and error and who is keen to "manage" the effects of shifting weather patterns on my garden.
Writing this blog is my passion and it has evolved over 12 years to inspire engagement with climate change outside our back doors, in our personal gardens and green spaces.
My mission is to fertilise and expand this platform to grow a community of global gardeners communicating about the effects of climate change on our plants and exploring how each individual can make small changes in our lives to become more sustainable.
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Thu, Apr 10, 2008
Exotic