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Giant Elephant Ear

Give Your Landscape an Exotic Taste of the Jungle!

This giant can grow to a massive 9 ft. tall with 5-ft. leaves! Makes an impressive specimen whether planted in a large container or in the landscape. Dramatic, fragrant white blooms appear in late summer. Zones 8-10.

Product Details

Botanical Name: Colocasia gigantea 'Thailand Giant Strain'
Height: Up to 108 inches.
Spacing: 6 - 8 feet.
Depth: Set at the same depth it is growing at in container, firm and water thoroughly.
Spread: 6 - 8 feet.
Light Required: Full sun to partial shade.
Color: White.
Foliage: Each individual leaf grows in excess of 5 feet long x 4 feet wide. The leaves are an attractive deep grey which is typical of this species.
Blooms: Late Summer, early Fall.
Zone: 8 - 10, grow as an annual or bring indoors in colder grow zones.

Form: Tender, deciduous perennial.
Flower Form: From an early age, the plants are adorned with clusters of dramatically large, pleasantly scented white flowers.
Soil Requirements: Deep moisture retentive soils. They are heavy feeders.
Growth Rate: Fast growth rate, establishes quickly.
Pruning: None needed.
Size: Large
Comments: This huge species, from Thailand and surrounding countries, is a cousin to Alocasia. It can grow to a massive size, over 9 feet tall. The leaves can reach up to 4 feet wide and around 5 feet long. The whole plant has a light bluish-green coloring.

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Most times, orders having items with different shipping schedules are held in full until the entire order is ready to ship based on your grow zone.

Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.

2019 Spring Shipping Schedule
ZONE	Tropicals & Houseplants
1A-4A	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
4B	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
5A	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
5B	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
6A	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
6B	4/29/19 - 6/21/19
7A	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
7B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
8A & B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
9A & B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
10A & B	4/1/19 - 6/21/19
Last Order Date	6/17/2019

Additional Shipping Notes:

The type of product you order or the weather in our area to yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule, shifting earlier or later, depending.

Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until full dormant for optimum stress protection.

In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your orders via the U.S. Postal Service or FedEx. Large orders or large items may be shipped to you in multiple packages.

Sorry, we cannot ship products to Hawaii, Alaska, APO/FPO or outside the contiguous United States. Please provide a street address as some products are unable to be delivered to Post Office boxes.

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