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The large, flat leaves resemble the big, flopping ears of an elephant and add a lush tropical feel to the garden. Start elephant ear plants from bulbs in the fall in rich, damp soil. Once in the ground, the plant grows back each spring from the bulbs in the soil. Choose a site to grow elephant ear plants in filtered sun to part shade in a location protected from wind.
Popular varieties of Elephant Ears Plant (Buy online) include: 1  Colocasia âBlack Magicâ, a 3-5 foot specimen with dark burgundy-black leaves. 2  C. âBlack Stemâ grows black stems with burgundy-black veins on green foliage. 3  Colocasia âGreen Giantâ gets its name because of extra ordinary large foliage (up to 5 feet).