Elephants Ears

They would take over in the end. Hope your taking it easy, I know like a lot of us, what back pain is like.

 

It's why I'm posting so much!! I'm bored!! :D :D

 

i note these are tubers, not bulbs, or rhizomes, as gardeners i think we should distinguish, its bad enuff calling completely diff plants by same name!

 

It's like wandering sailors - there are at least 2 different plants with that name - and no, I don't know their official names - that's something to while away the weary hours!! Watch this space!

 

Past their best in October. These are what the Americans call elephant ears.

 

you have to admit, they fit the name better than bergenias do!! :D

 

Ok - totally confused here (not that difficult!! ) The Elephants Ears I have are round bulbs, one of which had developed lumps on, which I presume are new roots or shoots just about to erupt.
Nixon, the Taro you googled is definitely a tropical plant kept in the greenhouse. Perhaps this is the one I have - and why I kept it in there.....
They didn't come with any packaging, but possibly the label on the bin said about keeping them warm??????
I always thought tubers and rhizomes were long, not round...... :confused: :confused:
.......??????

 

Nixon - sorry to hear you are suffering with your back - I must have missed something (not hard for me!!) - bad backs are NOT FUNNY!!!!! Hope you get over it soon!!

Strongyl. -the Spiders Nixon mentioned, are they spider plants??

Rich - Thats along the lines of what I was/ am expecting !! - what shape were your bulbs/ rhizomes/ tubers???? And are they the non-tropical ones you don't have to keep warm????

 

Yes... but I bet there's REAL spiders in the greenhouse somewhere helping to keep the bugs down. :D :D :D

 

The bergenias have rhizomes, not round oniony type bulbs - they're long, fibrous, and in a mature plant you have to divide the mass as it dies in the centre. My back's improving, ta! And I don't have too much wildlife in the greenhouse yet - too new, and too cold outside!! (Except dogs and cat BTW!

 

The bulb I planted for the plant in the pic above weighed about half a pound and was about 4 inches high. It was a beast, with small round knobs on the side which also sprouted.

 

Nice "ears" Rich. It shows how popular they have become when Wilkinsons have tubers on their shelves (at �£2.99 each).

 

What a pity I don't have Wilko round here!! I used to get all sorts from them - good cheap secateurs, I might say!! :D

 

�£2.99!!!!????? They were flogging them off at �£8.99 per bulb at the GC last year - but I didn't get them until they were in the bargain bin at 1/2 price!!!!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I haven't seen them in my local Wilko's though...

so, Rich.... are yours the ones you just bung in the ground around now, and don't need the heat??? They sound the same as mine....

 

I put mine in an 11 inch pot then planted it out when the frost had gone. Plant yours deep and it likes to be kept wet.