Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Elephant Ear Confusion!, 0 by KatG

KatG wrote:
Hi All! I posted this on the tropical forum, and later realized that this may be the place to find out everything you always wanted to know about Elephant ears!

I'm going to plant a few more containers tomorrow and came across some great plants today (omg...I need more planters, as I counted them earlier and only have 45! haha) I wanted something that grew upright and could be a focal point for these large planters I purchased.

Found these great Elephant ears. On the label they're called "California Elephant Ears" - Alocasia Odora "California". On the label info it says they grow 4'-8' tall/3'-5' wide. However, everything I'm reading about the "California" variety says that this is a dwarf Elephant ear and will probably only grow about 36" (they're probably about 24" now). Now, the regular Odora varieties apparently grow tall...I'm just really confused about this variety and I'm finding that you just can't trust the tags on Home Depot plants. Has anybody had any experience with these?

Love the plant and can't wait to get planting tomorrow as I have some really cool things to mix in with them!

Thanks so much

Kat