pink China Alocasia

sandy0225 · 07-09-2010, 06:18 AM

What has been anyone's experience with these? I tried a couple a few years ago and killed them but I wasn't as good as a grower as I am now. Has anyone had good luck with them outdoors and more important what zone? I'd love to have some kind of elephant ear that would be hardy here in 5. I know Brian was saying he can overwinter in Louisville KY.
sorry, I think it's a colocasia, not alocasia!

cherokee_greg · 07-09-2010, 10:33 AM

I have one no luck yet its still in the pot maybe I will try it in the ground and sees what happens.

Abnshrek · 07-09-2010, 11:02 AM

I have 2 I planted last fall. They both came up after our winter. One doesn't get nothing but rain and is very small, the other is next to a banana and has a number of pups grows pretty good in loose soil w/ mulch :^)

saltydad · 07-09-2010, 03:24 PM

I have one growing here in zone 7a. It is rapidly becoming a large clump. I'm leaving it out this winter with a straw mulch; I'll report on my results. It is supposedly zone 6 hardy.

1aday · 07-09-2010, 05:07 PM

Mine didn't make it here in zone 6, but I planted it kind of late. My yellow splash Colocasia (which has never had any color other than green, thanks Brent and Becky) did make it through the winter, though.
I had other China pinks in pots, and put them under my wooden gh benches. They were basically in the dark all winter and got very little water. Once I hauled them out in spring they were fine, took off growing.

Abnshrek · 07-09-2010, 05:19 PM

Here's a pic of mine.. :^)

sandy0225 · 07-09-2010, 06:13 PM

Very pretty. I ordered a couple on ebay to try out--I figured that I'd keep it potted this year and overwinter it and get some size on it and put it out next spring. I just planted out the little ones last time and lost them but they really weren't very big when winter hit. And that was a few years ago.
I had enough ebay bucks to get them for free anyway, so why not?

willy1der · 07-10-2010, 08:30 PM

What size do these china pinks grow too!!!I seen them at a nursery I was at today but they seamed to be a little flimsy looking,compared to the borneo giants they had beside them,so I bought a borneo!!!(so they called it)!!!

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 399,074 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	pink China Alocasia What has been anyone's experience with these? I tried a couple a few years ago and killed them but I wasn't as good as a grower as I am now. Has anyone had good luck with them outdoors and more important what zone? I'd love to have some kind of elephant ear that would be hardy here in 5. I know Brian was saying he can overwinter in Louisville KY. sorry, I think it's a colocasia, not alocasia! __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

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cherokee_greg Love those bananas cherokee_greg's Photo Gallery Location: Fresno,CA Find me on the map! Zone: zone 9 Name: Greg Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,357 BananaBucks : 322,552 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 8,066 Times Was Thanked 3,946 Times in 1,665 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 335 Times	Re: pink China Alocasia I have one no luck yet its still in the pot maybe I will try it in the ground and sees what happens. __________________ Greg zone 9 Fresno,CA http://gardenjot.com/garden/view/1980/Gregs-Banana-Farm

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Abnshrek Happy Growing Abnshrek 's Photo Gallery Location: Beaumont Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b, but 9b weather.. Name: Migael / Michael Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,493 BananaBucks : 255,588 Feedback: 45 / 100% Said "Thanks" 10,447 Times Was Thanked 16,443 Times in 5,238 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,318 Times	Re: pink China Alocasia I have 2 I planted last fall. They both came up after our winter. One doesn't get nothing but rain and is very small, the other is next to a banana and has a number of pups grows pretty good in loose soil w/ mulch :^) __________________ I'm a Nannerhead :^)

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saltydad saltydad's Photo Gallery Location: Silver Spring, Maryland USA Find me on the map! Zone: 7a Name: Howard Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,552 BananaBucks : 219,889 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 14,712 Times Was Thanked 4,662 Times in 1,778 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 824 Times	Re: pink China Alocasia I have one growing here in zone 7a. It is rapidly becoming a large clump. I'm leaving it out this winter with a straw mulch; I'll report on my results. It is supposedly zone 6 hardy. __________________ Men In Nursing- "A Few Good Men" "Gardening is the purest of human pleasures." - Francis Bacon "If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind; someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions; someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties; someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicion that grips us; that is what they meant by a liberal, I am proud to be a liberal." John F. Kennedy, September, 1960 http://flickr.com/photos/saltydad/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/saltydad http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx151/saltydad/

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1aday 1aday's Photo Gallery Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 224 BananaBucks : 45,558 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 15 Times Was Thanked 184 Times in 105 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 24 Times	Re: pink China Alocasia Mine didn't make it here in zone 6, but I planted it kind of late. My yellow splash Colocasia (which has never had any color other than green, thanks Brent and Becky) did make it through the winter, though. I had other China pinks in pots, and put them under my wooden gh benches. They were basically in the dark all winter and got very little water. Once I hauled them out in spring they were fine, took off growing. __________________ Susan

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Abnshrek Happy Growing Abnshrek 's Photo Gallery Location: Beaumont Texas Find me on the map! Zone: 8b, but 9b weather.. Name: Migael / Michael Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,493 BananaBucks : 255,588 Feedback: 45 / 100% Said "Thanks" 10,447 Times Was Thanked 16,443 Times in 5,238 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 2,318 Times	Re: pink China Alocasia Here's a pic of mine.. :^) __________________ I'm a Nannerhead :^)

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 399,074 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: pink China Alocasia Very pretty. I ordered a couple on ebay to try out--I figured that I'd keep it potted this year and overwinter it and get some size on it and put it out next spring. I just planted out the little ones last time and lost them but they really weren't very big when winter hit. And that was a few years ago. I had enough ebay bucks to get them for free anyway, so why not? __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!

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willy1der willy1der's Photo Gallery Location: London,On,Can Zone: 5b Name: will Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 144 BananaBucks : 52,458 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 88 Times Was Thanked 99 Times in 47 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 53 Times	Re: pink China Alocasia What size do these china pinks grow too!!!I seen them at a nursery I was at today but they seamed to be a little flimsy looking,compared to the borneo giants they had beside them,so I bought a borneo!!!(so they called it)!!! __________________

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