Colocasia Gigantea

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:36 am

Hello,
I wanted to post a couple of photos of my Colocasia Gigantea (Thailand Giant) from last fall. I live in Chicago USA and grew the plant from a 4 inch pot. The largest leaf measured 4.5 x 6.5 feet.

MarkN · Post by **MarkN** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:05 am

Blimey! Puts my wild Jurrassic Rhubarb to shame!

Welcome from another new comer :

cruefan · Post by **cruefan** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:24 pm

Wow , hope i can get mine to that size , but with our often less than hot summers probably not.Welcome to the forum though,

call · Post by **call** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:31 pm

all I can say is WOW!!!
welcome to HTUK

The Codfather · Post by **The Codfather** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:56 pm

Welcome.....

What a beauty......

And the colocasia is great too

Glad you joined us......you can see what a struggle it is for us over here in the UK to grow our tropicals.

tropicalwon · Post by **tropicalwon** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:39 pm

Welcome Stephan

Great looking C.Gigantea & the size....absolutely superb. The surrounding plants look great as well...

Post by **Dave Brown** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:32 pm

Welcome Stephan

A very good Thai Giant you have there

That is what I aspire to

I have 2 but only a fraction of the size of yours. and they went backwards over winter to just one petiole each. Started to grow now on a heat mat, until spring arrives.

waggy1 · Post by **waggy1** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:12 pm

Welcome, and thanks for showing us you beautiful garden and spectacular plant.

GREVILLE · Post by **GREVILLE** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:19 pm

Welcome to HTUK, Stephan

My, what big green ears you have!

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:30 am

Thanks for the great responses. I'm lucky that our summers here are warm and usually wet. I'm able to grow Colocasia, Canna and Castor bean plants, as well as 30 types of Dahlias, so I can give myself the feel of a tropical holiday without leaving my yard!

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:42 am

I forgot to include in my post how impressed my wife and I were with the great tropical plants you are growing in the UK.

Our weather has been as poor as yours recently- snow and cold (14 degrees Fahrenheit) this week. I'm sure you are looking forward to getting in your gardens as much as we are.

Post by **Dave Brown** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:16 am

That looks great Stephan a formal exotic style garden. Those Canna beds are amazing. Most over here, including me, have a more informal, maybe even chaotic

, jungly style, Most here aren't big enough to have the formal style.

Although UK is 8 to 17 degrees further north than you, we can normally rely on mild Atlantic weather most of our winter, but this year there has been a permanent blocking highs over Scandinavia giving Arctic NE winds, or even worse over Greenland, pulling down northerly winds straight from the North Pole

Unfortunately no sign of change for the foreseeable future here.

fern Rob · Post by **fern Rob** » Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:47 pm

Welcome

grub · Post by **grub** » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:01 am

Welcome to the madhouse Stephan

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