Elephant Ear Purple Giant

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This dramatic hybrid offsets your flowering-plants perfectly, with huge, grey-black leaves as a backdrop. It grows to be about 5 feet tall, making it easy to grow in any garden. PPAF
Zones 3 - 10
Advantages
deer-resistant
Deer Resistant
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Easy To Grow
containers
Good For Containers
Light Requirements
half-sun--half-shade
Half Sun / Half Shade
Mature Height 72-84" tall (6-7' tall)
Bulb Spacing72-84" wide (6-7' wide)
Bloom TimeFoliage plant all summer
Item Package SizePlant - 3" Pot
SKUAM005756

USDA Hardiness Planting Zones

To determine if a plant is sufficiently cold hardy, the USDA created numbered zones indicating winter low temperatures; the lower the zone number the colder the winter.

  • If the coldest winter temperature expected in your area is -15°F (zone 5) then any plants rated zones 3-5 will survive the winter temperatures in your area.
  • If you live in very warm winter areas (zones 9-11) plants with zones 3-4 ratings are not recommended. The lack of freezing winter temperatures do not provide a time for winter dormancy (rest).

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This will be the biggest thing in your garden – Maybe even the biggest in the neighborhood! The Upright Elephant Ear quickly shoots up big, green spears that unfurl into some of the largest leaves in the plant kingdom. In good soil, the leaves can reach 4 or even 5 feet across. Just one big bulb will create a large leafy plant, like a tropical fountain of green.

Gardeners love this exotic favorite as a screen or as a background for smaller plants and flowers. Always a highlight in any garden, and very easy to grow and care for.

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SKUAM005756
Common Name
Elephant Ear Noble Gigante Series
Botanical Name
Colocasia
Item Package Size
Plant - 3" Pot
Foliage
Large, broad, purple leaves. Leaves can reach 2-3 ft. in length and width.
Light Requirements
Half Sun / Half Shade
Bloom Time
Foliage plant all summer
Mature Height
72-84" tall (6-7' tall)
Bulb Spacing
72-84" wide (6-7' wide)
Planting Depth
Crown of plant should rest just at or above the soil surface after watering in.
Soil Type
Loamy Soil
Soil Moisture
Well Draining, Average, Moist / Wet
Advantages
Deer Resistant, Easy To Grow, Good For Containers
Additional Information
Hardy in zones 8-10
Zones
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Ships As
Potted Plant
Planting Time
Spring / Summer
Ships to Hawaii, Alaska & Canada
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