Elephant ear plants offer some of the boldest foliage you could ever want in a garden. Huge, heart-shaped leaves come in black, purple, emerald green, chartreuse, yellow, or a mix of colors.

Besides having a fun name, elephant ear is a plant that's easy to love. It's a cinch to take care of, grows back year after year in warm climates, and has an eye-catching look—gigantic leaves ...

An unnamed elephant ear is most likely to be Colocasia esculenta, the food plant taro, which also makes an impressive ornamental. However, the wild taro is listed as invasive in some states with ...

Known botanically as Alocasia macrorrhiza, Borneo Giant produces ears or leaves that will reach 5 feet in width with a plant 7 to 10 feet in height. It’s not hard to see why this plant has ...

The lime green color of each is exceptional with other colors of elephant ears like the deep dark purple of Black Magic or some of the showier cannas with red or variegated foliage. Yet they ...

At times, Houseplants 101 turns its eye on plants that are more well-known for growing outdoors than indoors. One example is caladium, or elephant ear plants.

Unbelievably, it produces ears or leaves that will reach 5 feet in width with a plant 7 to 10 feet in height. It's not hard to see why this plant has quickly become the talk of the gardening world.

Alocasia and Colocasia, better known as elephant ears, are impressive plants with dramatic foliage. The huge leaves can measure up to 2 feet across, and the foliage color ranges from lime green to ...