Born and Raised Hawaiian from The Big Island of Hawai'i. This plant is used for food. Here we call it Taro or Kalo. We boil or steam the ...Read Moreroot and pound it to make poi. The leaf is used to wrap pork and sweet potato then steamed for hours to make Laulau. I love this plant and hope to find it available in Greensboro for my personal use. MAHALO
Mojito has provided a summer of easy & beautiful foliage & now it's produced 2 blooms (photo attached) - out of the same leaf! I have it...Read More planted in a large pot, getting mid-day sun on small city lot where heat can be oven-like. When I first planted it in June, a large tree made this a shady spot, but within a few weeks, neighbor took the tree down throwing the pot into direct afternoon sun. I was afraid the leaves would burn but instead, the plant thrived & provided shade for under plantings. The trick will be getting it to survive the winter.
.....and now 3 days later,a 3rd flower bud has appeared!
I live in Greensboro NC. Colocasia Mojito has wintered over for the past two years in my garden. I had two that wintered over in containe...Read Morers. This plant is one of my favorites. Be sure to mulch the planting area very well by early November.
I am enjoying my mojito as a houseplant in Atlanta, moved to a dappled sunlight spot on the front porch for the summer. Recently, a half...Read More green/half black leaf appeared. Picture is posted.
I live in Barbados and have the mojito as a houseplant. Actually I have tried it in a pot outside as well as in a shaded spot in my garde...Read Moren. I just can't get it to keep its leaves. I have only had a single leaf at a time, which then dies before a new one grows. It's a beautiful plant but I need help!
What kind of soil does the mojito like?
Does it prefer a cool patio or indoors?
Does it like to be pot bound?
Just purchased this in a small container for a "shade" area (according to the nursery). After reading comments & care for this Mojito El...Read Moreephant Ear on websites, I hope maybe I can put this into an area that gets more sun. (It's already nearly 3 feet high) I'm thinking of a place where it gets morning sun, until noon, then it is shady from noon till 4 PM. Then it is sunny again in that area from 4 PM until sundown. Has anyone had experience with growing it in sun and if so, how much sun did it take without burning? (I'm in the southeast, near the ocean)
Thanks ! :-)
Elizabeth City, NC (Zone 8a) | January 2012 | neutral
this DID NOT survive here in zone 8a last winter. i even put it in a raised bed, up under the eaves on the south side. i think they need ...Read Moreto re-think their zones on some of these new ones. i lost 5
last year, all well raised and mulched. i'd take a small bulb in just to CYA. just saying....
Since I live in Iowa I had to grow this as a house plant during the winter months. I moved it outside during the summer. It was very sma...Read Morell in the house of course, once I moved it outside it quadrupled in size. I really enjoy this plant - it's one of my favorites.
Loving my newest addition to the family. I saw the stems first and knew I just had to have it. LOL After it gets established a bit I w...Read Moreill post pic
Bought from Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Columbia S.C.
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Born and Raised Hawaiian from The Big Island of Hawai'i. This plant is used for food. Here we call it Taro or Kalo. We boil or steam the ...Read More
Mojito has provided a summer of easy & beautiful foliage & now it's produced 2 blooms (photo attached) - out of the same leaf! I have it...Read More
I live in Greensboro NC. Colocasia Mojito has wintered over for the past two years in my garden. I had two that wintered over in containe...Read More
I am enjoying my mojito as a houseplant in Atlanta, moved to a dappled sunlight spot on the front porch for the summer. Recently, a half...Read More
I live in Barbados and have the mojito as a houseplant. Actually I have tried it in a pot outside as well as in a shaded spot in my garde...Read More
Just purchased this in a small container for a "shade" area (according to the nursery). After reading comments & care for this Mojito El...Read More
this DID NOT survive here in zone 8a last winter. i even put it in a raised bed, up under the eaves on the south side. i think they need ...Read More
Since I live in Iowa I had to grow this as a house plant during the winter months. I moved it outside during the summer. It was very sma...Read More
Loving my newest addition to the family. I saw the stems first and knew I just had to have it. LOL After it gets established a bit I w...Read More