Elephant Head
Pedicularis groenlandica Retz.
Family: Scrophulariaceae, Figwort
Genus: Pedicularis ...
Elephant's ears
Bergenia 'Abendglut' (syn. Evening Glow)
Genus: Bergenia
Cultivar: 'Abendglut' (syn. Evening Glow) ...
About Elephant Ear
Elephant ear a wetland perennial in tropical climates. It is grown for both edible and ornamental uses, with over 200 cultivars available. Many offer beautiful variations in leaf color and texture for garden use.
Elephant grass is a tall grass that originally came from Africa in 1913. It grows in dense clumps of up to 10 feet tall. In the savannas of Africa it grows along lake beds and rivers where the soil is rich.
Elephant grass is a NON-NATIVE grass. stems clump-forming, erect, to 12 ft. tall; leaf blades flat, to 2 1/2 ft. long, to more than 1 in.
Elephantopus scaber
Nombres relacionados: Asteraceae (familia), Go jihva (sánscrito), Gobhi (hindi), Gojihiva (sánscrito), Hastipada (hindi), Lengua de vaca (castellano), Ti-tan-t'ou (chino).
Elephant's Ear, Taro
Scientific Name: Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) Schott
Synonym: Colocasia macrorrhiza, Alocasia alba, Alocasia crassifolia, Alocasia indica, Alocasia macrorrhiza, Arum indicum
Family: Araceae ...
Elephant ear is the name of several different species of plants characterized by broad, tropical leaves resembling the ear of an elephant. Sometimes called the elephant ear genus, the Colocasia genus… ...
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Asteraceae / Composite Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus)
Elephant's Foot is also known as Devil's Grandmother. ...
Elephant's Ear, Taro
The enormous elongated heart-shaped leaves of Elephant's Ears make them useful accents in beddings (where space permits), large containers and water gardens. Seldom-seen flowers resemble trumpet-like Callas.
Elephant's foot
Dioscorea elephantipes, Testudinaria elephantipes
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Elephant Ear Breeding
We first became interested in elephant ears in the late 1980's, but it was on a 2003 trip to Hawaii looking for elephant ears that the scope of our interest and knowledge of the genus changed dramatically. Here, I met Dr.
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Elephant's ears are large, evergreen perennials from damp sites in south and southeast Asia. They are grown for their big, veined, arrow- or heart-shaped leaves, which may be marked with black, dark purple, or bronze.
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'Mojito' elephant's ear
A heart-of-darkness tropical plant. Inky splotches across its mammoth leaves give this new elephant's ear a gothic sort of glamour. Zones 12, 16-24; H1, H2.
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#966 Yucca elephantipes
Common Names: spineless yucca, giant yucca
Family: Agavaceae (agave Family)
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Dioscorea elephantipes (syn. Testudinaria elephantipes)
120cm ĝ, 200 (400)cm, famous Elephant's Foot make a massive rootstock with a heavily fissured bark on top from which emerge annual to semiperennial twining stems with heart shaped, ...
Hilo Beauty elephant ear is a new patio plant for Arkansas gardens.
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The foliage of this evergreen perennial is quite dramatic. Dark green leaves with white veins are arrow-shaped, 12 to 16 inches long. Plant may irritate mucous membranes.
Its common name, black stem elephant ear, is all about the plant's dark purple stems so dark they appear to be black. Colocasias are often called elephant ears; however, when I lived in Hawaii we knew these evergreen, big leaf plants as taro.
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Elephant Garlic
Elephant garlic will yield 6 to 8 large cloves that are 2 to 3 times larger than the smaller cloves of the common garlic. Although it is larger in size, it has a more mild flavor. Its cloves are yellowish in color.
Elephant's Ear Begonia - Begonia haageana
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ELEPHANT APPLE - Dillenia indica
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Elephant's Ear Philodendron (P. domesticum): The narrow, arrow-shaped leaves of this climber are 18 to 24 inches long with wavy margins.
"Calkin's Gold"is a large-growing hybrid with golden-toned foliage striped green.
Elephant garlic - Allium ampeloprasum - is often sold as garlic, but it actually more closely related to leeks. It produces a small number of very large cloves of mild flavour. It needs good, long, warm growing season to grow well.
elephant tree Burseraceae Bursera microphylla A. Gray symbol: BUMI
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Elephant-shaped flower cured my ills, Queens man says
Sam Lal is convinced the elephant-shaped Amaranth bloom in his back yard in an incarnation of the Hindu god Ganesh.
Elephantfoot, Hairy Elephantfoot, Tobacco Weed
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Elephant Ears
Bergenia crassifolia is in full bloom much earlier than B. cordifolia.
Elephant's Ears
As common in the Deep South as buttermilk biscuits are the huge green leaves of a caladium relative, elephant's ear (Alocasia), which grows to 8 feet tall in rich, moist soils. It is hardy to zone 8.
Elephant ear plants can add a backdrop to plantings or make a statement on their own. From green to purplish-black, their colorful leaves add drama to gardens.
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Elephant ear philodendron
(Philodendron domesticum) has glossy green spade-shape leaves up to 2 feet long. It is also called spade leaf philodendron (Philodendron hastatum).
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ELEPHANT APPLE is the fruit of Feronia elephantum.
KANGAROO APPLE is the fruit of S. laciniatum.
KAU, or KEL APPLE is the South African name for the fruit of Abaria Kaffra.
The elephant ear fig tree is the fig tree with the largest leaves in the rainforests of Xishuangbanna.
Topiary elephants at Bang Pa-In Royal Palace
Topiary at Parque Francisco Alvarado, Zarcero, Costa Rica
a garden in Tours, France. Free-standing topiary balls tend to develop into gumdrops.
Caladium - Elephant Ears
Centaurea montana--Mountain Bluet, Perennial Cornflower
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Hebe ‘Pink Elephant' is a small, compact, evergreen shrub that grows to about 20 in (50 cm) high and 36 in (90 cm) wide in 10 years. The broad, oval, grey-green leaves have wide pale-yellow margins and are flushed with pink.
No one forgets pink elephants. They are common along streams and boggy mountain meadows, sometimes numbering in the thousands. Red fern-like leaves appear first and dark stems follow. The greens of chlorophyll eventually masks most of the reds.
Trichocereus strigosus Tripsacum dactyloides Trochodendron aralioides Tropaeolum majus Tulbaghia violacea 'Silver Lace' Turnera ulmifolia Tylecodon halli Withania somnifera Xerosicyos danguyi Xerosicyos danguyi (flowering) Yucca elephantipes ...
It is among the Invertebrata that epidemics of destruction are referred to, though we should bear in mind that it is only the difference in numerical proportion that prevents our speaking of an epidemic of elephants or of rabbits, ...
Name means "fugen elephant" (the petal tips are curved like an elephant nose) or "goddess on a white elephant." Known by the 1400s; introduced to England in 1878 by J.H. Veitch. In North American commerce since 1901 or before.
Bark smooth gray, developing an elephant hide appearance on old trunks. Buds narrow, long (2-2.5 cm), pointed. Leaves simple, alternate, 5-10 cm long, usually entire (silky and fringed with hairs [ciliate] when young), undulate, 5-9 vein pairs (F.
Bergenia ‘Ballawley', Elephant's Ear
Bergenias come from the meadows, rocky moorlands and moist woodlands of central and eastern Asia, but are now much loved denizens of our gardens, valued for their glossy architectural leaves and white, ...
Resembling an elm in its spreading form but with smooth gray bark like elephant hide, sawleaf zelkova is now a desirable substitute, where elms would be suitable, ...
Common name(s): Taro, Elephant's ear
Genus of 6 species of tuberous, deciduous or evergreen perennials from swampy or moist areas in tropical Asia, and widely grown there as a staple food.
Need an alternative to bold-textured annuals such as Cannas and Elephant Ears? Need a bold-textured partner for Purple Fountain Grass, or something to rise amidst a sea of Margarita Sweet Potato Vine?
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Taro is often referred to as Elephant Ear, a name also given to the ornamentals Xanthosoma and Caladium to which it is related.
Colocasia esculenta at Wikipedia
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Portulacaria afra, also called "Elephant Plant" or "Small leaf Jade" is relatively new in bonsai but one that almost anyone can grow. It can withstand long periods without water making them excellent plants for beginners.
Pedicularis groenlandica. Elephant Head Lousewort.
Pedicularis contorta. Coiled Lousewort.
Pedicularis racemosa. Parrot's Beak Lousewort.
Enterolobium cyclocarpum. Elephant's Ear. One was planted in the Bermuda Perfumery Gardens.
stems thin, zig-zag
bark smooth, silvery-gray
fruit is a nut enclosed by a prominent prickly husk (involucre)
habit is a large tree with spreading branches
tree has a "muscular"-look, like an elephant's foot ...
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