Carolina Gardening: Can Elephant Ear (Taro) Bulbs, 1 by Xeramtheum

Xeramtheum wrote:
These guys are definitely hardy .. I kept them in a pot all season cause I wasn't really sure where I wanted them .. Greenhouse space is very dear at the moment .. I really don't have room to pot them up and I where I want to put them has gingers in it at the moment .. I need to move/divide gingers and canna and don't want to do it until the temps quit fluctuating so wildly. Last year we sort of had the same situation and lots of new growth on bulbs n rhizomes but then burned badly by hard freezes .. I'm thinking that might be part of the cause of the weird flowering times this year. Everything was/is a month to 2 months late!

I decanted them (they've been in a 2 gallon pot .. terribly rootbound) and cleaned them off this afternoon ... Once the hedychiums are moved I can put them in the ground. I just wasn't sure if they minded being dried out a bit. The picture was taken july 10th.

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