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Elephant Ear Plants
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:19 am
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:19 am
Planted a couple of these and curious if they will regrow after winter? Says hardy to 30 degrees.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:29 am to AtticusOSullivan
Ours regrow every year and we don't do anything to take care of them.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:35 am to AtticusOSullivan
Things are pretty damn resilient.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:39 am to AtticusOSullivan
Those things will still be around long after you a gone. Practically indestructible.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:58 am to AtticusOSullivan
Yes, just chop them down to the base after the first freeze. They'll come back in spring.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:07 am to AtticusOSullivan
Awesome. Thanks. What about bananna trees? Ive heard you have to dig em up for winter?
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:21 am to AtticusOSullivan
I believe you're not suppose to chop those back, but most people do so you don't have an ugly brown dead plant all winter. Chop them down to about two feet. They'll grow back quickly and much larger each year.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:22 am to AtticusOSullivan
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What about bananna trees?
If a more regular winter, as opposed to the last 2, trim only the leaves off if the trunk is not damaged. That way you retain the height from the previous year’s growth. If you cut them to the ground, you are starting over each year, and also encourages them to migrate.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 9:26 am to AtticusOSullivan
The only thing worse than banana trees is bambo
Posted on 7/5/23 at 11:43 am to AtticusOSullivan
I’m in a Memphis burb and wife planted several a few years ago.any have grown back but not all and that’s after hitting -2 in Dec this past winter (which killed a lot of stuff around).
Posted on 7/5/23 at 11:57 am to AtticusOSullivan
Find somebody who wants one gone and try to remove it for them.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 12:27 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Find somebody who wants one gone
I'm your man! Please come to Metairie and take mine far, far away.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 3:49 pm to AtticusOSullivan
To hell with all those invasive type plants. Ginger, Elephant Ears, Banana trees, Bamboo, some herbs like mint, etc.
I rid my yard of Elephant Ear, Hidden Ginger and Banana trees years ago and have to keep on top of them since neighbors on 2 sides of me have them along the fence line and they like to crop up from time to time in my yard.
I rid my yard of Elephant Ear, Hidden Ginger and Banana trees years ago and have to keep on top of them since neighbors on 2 sides of me have them along the fence line and they like to crop up from time to time in my yard.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 4:16 pm to johnnydrama
If you leave one root section or shoot (sp?) it will pop back up.
And freeze does not kill them. Has to freeze the ground damn near. The ENTIRE plant dies above ground falls to the ground. Rots and warms the ground sooner then feeds itself it’s own compost.
And freeze does not kill them. Has to freeze the ground damn near. The ENTIRE plant dies above ground falls to the ground. Rots and warms the ground sooner then feeds itself it’s own compost.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 7:45 pm to gumbo2176
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I rid my yard of Elephant Ear, Hidden Ginger and Banana trees years ago
Please tell me how.
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:09 pm to AtticusOSullivan
hard to kill em'
Posted on 7/5/23 at 8:41 pm to johnnydrama
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Please tell me how.
You have to be diligent to rid them from your yard. I started by cutting all that crap down to the ground and EVERY time green sprouted, I'd take my shovel and shave it off just below the soil line.
If photosynthesis can't take place, the roots will eventually die. No way in hell I was going to dig out banana trees, hidden ginger and elephant ear roots out my heavy clay soil. I would have had heat stroke or a heart attack, and I was a relatively young, healthy 40 yr. old when I got this house.
None of the above gain any foothold in my yard now, although they try since my neighbors have them along the fence line.
This post was edited on 7/5/23 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 7/6/23 at 9:35 am to AtticusOSullivan
you have now unleased hell and all its fury
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:08 am to MaxxPain2
it’s funny to me how some plants that are pretty, vigorous, maintenance free and beneficial to the landscape are so triggering to some people
winter is natures checks and balances on tropical plants. I have banana, ginger, elephant ear and a few others all planted on purpose and all well behaved and appreciated
winter is natures checks and balances on tropical plants. I have banana, ginger, elephant ear and a few others all planted on purpose and all well behaved and appreciated
Posted on 7/6/23 at 10:41 am to cgrand
i get the hate for bamboo, but i agree. we bought those 6 of those '2 pack elephant ear bulbs' from costco back in march along with a mature elephant ear plant my wife got impatient & bought to run along the top of the retaining wall behind our pool in the gravel and they look fantastic. i'm not sure what issues i'm going to have with them because they're doing exactly what we wanted.
This post was edited on 7/6/23 at 10:42 am
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