As an experiment I have left most of my Colocasia bed planted up over winter with a thick mulch, which has hopefully stopped the rhizomes from freezing. One of the problems we have in the UK is the late sprouting of any that do survive, so to ...

After the success last winter of over wintering bananas in the loft i thought I would also give colocasia’s ago this winter. I’ve placed two large pots of Mammoths and one large pot of Dark Stem in the loft, I just removed their leaves and i have kept the compost moist, ...

Hi everyone,

So a week ago I dug up this Colocasia Black Beauty and now have it an unheated conservatory. At the moment, after a few chilly nights, it is obviously a half decent temperature in there (especially when sunny). What is the best way to treat this now, and when it turns colder in there?

Hi Guys, got my first Colocasia (Black Magic) this year which has been happily growing in my pond up until about a month ago when I brought it to my overwintering spot at work. Since then it has been growing better than ever and has ...

Is there a alocasia or colocasia that is hardy enough to be left in the ground over winter, keeping in mind im in the midlands.
Vales are selling pink china and state they are hardy, are they? and are there any others that will be fine with just a mulch.

I am not sure how the life cycle of these plants work. Is there a typical amount of leaves they produce before flowering then dying? How long can you expect them to live before they die?

Hello, I'm going to overwinter a Cyathea Medullaris and some cannas and colocasia in a room lit only by a west facing window. Can anyone reccomend a grow light suitable for these plants? For the cannas I would like one that will help the restart in March.

These gaolis were the stolon node pups grown over the winter 2011/12, and planted out on 15th June this year. See top half of pic. Then we had a very dull, wet June and July, followed by reasonably warm August. During that time the gaolis were fed well, and the bottom half of the pic shows the stems...

Now is the time to harvest your colocasia for your dinner. (I can't remember if I've posted this before)

Hi guys I just'd like to show off with my Colocasia esculenta, bought this year (as a tuber), planted in may/june. As i live in Poland i have to keep it ina a pot - cause it wouldn't survive winter in the ground I plan to take it inside and overwinter ...

Although these are capable of reaching a leaf length of over 1m (39in), They sill have a very dramatic effect on the garden when only 70cm (28in)

Here is a clump planted next to the front door, grown in shade.

Its hard for me to keep up with what is avaliable in EU but have these been introduced there yet? Brian has been trying to get me to try one all summer and I'm not sure why I haven't but I am thinking about picking one up next week. This is only one of many he has crossed with the thai giant but I h...

after some experimenting with various exotic veg and growing them this is what i got from two separate dasheens. Ones the green purple veined colocasia the other turned out to be a cold hardy ginger of some sort. Anyone any ideas what species/cultivar they may be unknown ginger.jpg unknown colocasia.jpg

Picked this one up from Amulree while on the Norwich visit a couple of weeks ago. I have heard that this is not one of the more hardy Colocasia and the instructions on the label say not to let it go below 13C (55F) or to treat as a pond marginal annual. It's in the pond margins at the moment ...

I've got some Stolons / Runners on some Colocasias, can I just stand a pot under them, pin the stolon down (with an upside-down U-shaped bit of wire) and it will root? or do I need to wait until it starts to point upwards and/or make a leaf? Some of the stolons are quite long, can I get several pots...