Water Gardening: Elephant Ear?, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
Hi Jenny,
I guess you are planting in a pond since you are on the water garden forum. If so, I will definately urge you to plant in a VERY LARGE POT as Bogweed suggested. A friend was nice enough to give me a start of elephant ears several years back, and I added it to the pond edge without a planting basket, not that that would have helped. Finally last year we had to say enough is enough. We found that the roots were huge and they were displacing rocks and everything else in it's path. Here was my 6 foot nightmare. (Note my muddy foot for reference.) Never again will we put elephant ears in the pond without a pot of some kind. I love the look of them and the shade they provide though.
Sheila