Black Elephant Ears.?

Does anyone know where I can purchase black elephant ears in St. Louis?

Black Elephant Ears.?
Check in the spring at some local L%26amp;G centers. It's becoming more and more popular. It shouldn't be hard to find in a city the size of St Louis. We have carried them for 3 or 4 years. We get ours from a company called Netherland.
Reply:I didn't know they had black ears but try the zoo you might be able to steal some there
Reply:This is a very new plant. I love it. Also have Marble and Imperial Taro. Good luck with your search sorry can't help
Reply:Colocasia, Jet Black Wonder[Black Magic] is one elephant ear we grow, another whose leaves turn black is Illustrious, it have black and green leaves. If you love elephant ears there are more such as Alocasia Plumbea, a metallic silver, Alocasia Tigrinia, it's green with arrow shpe leaves and the stems remind everyone of snake skin{varigated black and brown,really cool looking, one of the giants is the Macrorrhiza is it solid green with the largest leaves of all. Wayside Gardens in South Carolina use to sell the Black Magic, I'm sure they have a web site. All these plants are annuals and need to be dug up before the winter in Ohio, store them in a dry cool place over winter, dust them with a fungicide before storing. Hope you find your Black Magics!!


Happy Planting!!
Reply:I believe that's illegal
Reply:It's too late in the season to plant them now, and in St. Louis, (I'm assuming Missouri) they would likely need to be dug up for the winter.





Lowes and Home Depot tend to carry them. You can also get them through typical mail-order centers, like Brecks, Jackson Perkins, etc. But those places tend to sell very very small plants. A local garden center may have larger bulbs. A large Elephant Ear plant will have a bulb at least 4 inches across, and I've seen them as large as 8 inches across.





Wait until spring, though, to plant them. The Black variety is less cold-hardy than the normal green.
Reply:Here is a source:





http://www.elephantearsplants.com/





Or you can wait until spring when mine are ready to divide and I'll send you a couple.
Reply:i dont know but i love those trees there are some around here maybe i could ship you some pods