Colocasia Esculenta Tea Cup

Colocasia esculenta tea cup.

Colocasia esculenta tea cup.

They will fill up with water and then slightly tip over and pour it out. I bought my first colocasia tea cup from wellspring gardens in the spring 0f 2009 and my second from them in the spring of 2012. Coffee cups is a vigorous grower and with a height of 6 feet it s a good choice for the back part of a border. Colocasia tea cup taro or elephant s ear item number.

The leaves hold themselves very upright in an inverted cup like pose. Just take a look at the leaf structure on this one. Colocasia esculenta tea cup colocasia d tropical. It also makes an exquisite display in a patio pot.

Colocasia esculenta tea cup size variance. Colocasia tea cup coffee cups. 2 pot green foliage is in the shape of a cup. Spring items available for order jan.

In 2012 i also bought a colocasia bikini tini from wellspring. Deer tend not to bother this variety. When they get so much water in them the leaf tips to dump it. Colocasia esculenta tea cup growth habit.

Colocasia esculenta is a tropical plant grown primarily for its edible corms a root vegetable most commonly known as taro ˈ t ɑː r oʊ ˈ t æ r oʊ or kalo in hawaiian see names and etymology for an extensive list. The foliage on the colocasia esculenta tea cup plant will reach 4 6 ft high and 3 ft wide. All of the rest are from tissue culture and will arrive in 4 pots ready for your garden or for a larger pot on the heat mat. Rutgers gardens rutgers the state university of new jersey.

It is the most widely cultivated species of several plants in the family araceae which are used as vegetables for their corms leaves and petioles. Strong and sturdy stems growing as tall as 5 6 hold the beautifully cup shaped leaves upright and when it rains the cups fill with water until the stem gently bends to pour the water out then springs back to collect more rain a truly spectacular show. Esculenta will arrive in bulb form. This is one of those unique finds for your garden.

Colocasia tea cup is one of a kind for sure. Colocasia esculenta coffee cups kol oh kay shah ess kew len tah coffee cups is an unusual and relatively recent introduction. Succulents and tropicals tag. This elephant ear loves the water you can even grow it in a pot submerged in a pond.

It s easy and fast growing plant useful in the shade garden and borders. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about colocasia elephant ear taro colocasia esculenta tea cup supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garde. They are really neat plants with their cup shaped leaves that hold water during a rain. Tea cup can put on a spectacular show.