Alocasia macrorrhizos Black Foliage Plants although the quantities are always

although the quantities are always limited

if the drainage isn't excellent

Asclepias incarnata stays fresh in a vase as well as being a monarch butterfly indulgence

rounded foliage (glossy purple in winter) that lays flat on the ground

Lycoris x squamigera is great mixed into the border for a summer change or naturalized in the deciduous woodland garden

Alocasia macrorrhizos Black Foliage Plants although the quantities are always(syn: Alocasia macrorrhiza) This very cool elephant ear is quite different from the typical Colocasia esculenta. The thick, sculpted, glossy green, wavy edged leaves are held upright on dramatically rigid stems. A clump of giant upright elephant ears is guaranteed to stop visitors in their tracks especially if they walk into it! Alocasia macrorrhizos has been quite hardy in the Raleigh area, surviving 0 degrees F, but prefers it a bit warmer.