Re: Elephant ears
Nancy's Revenge is not very cold hardy. Black Magic is iffy at best. Elana overwintered for me in a mild winter but not last winter. I lost Teacup, but Randy has had great success with Coffee Cup. I lost Royal Hilo, but it made it a few years. Hilo Beauty is an Alocasia and they tend to be much less cold hardy than most Colocasias. I lost Red Stem last year but it did fine in years past. Burgundy Stem survived for me last year but came up very, very late. Pink China came up first, but Ruffles seemed to grow faster once they came up. I've actually had Ruffles overwinter corms on top of the mulch with no protection at all in mild winters, but in a cold winter the corms on top of the ground will turn to mush. Very little mulch will overwinter them easily. Illustrus usually overwinters fine but I lost all of mine last year and so did Randy. Randy will be testing some of the new Brian Williams Hybrids which are based on Pink China next winter (2011/2012) and I'll be really interested to see how they do. They are supposed to be zone 6. I'm going to try Diamondhead, Maui Magic, and a few others this winter.
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