Chicago skyline from Indiana.

I enjoy watching these guys just sitting on my row marker sticks.

The Elephant Ears that I planted in May.

This is the size of the 5 bulbs, or corms, when dug up yesterday. They were about the same small grapefruit size when planted.

This is what the plants (leaves more than 3 feet long) looked like a couple months ago.

How a single plant looked at ground level. Couldn't imagine all that size from that bulb.

Dh cut all the leaves off at ground level after they froze on Monday. This is what it looked like. A good 8 inches across. How it was attached to that much smaller bulb (that is a bulb in the background)I don't know.

Dh dug them all up, the root system on them is amazing. Some of those fleshy roots had spread a good 8 feet. The dark area in the center of the root mass is the bulb and after trimming it all off, the bulb in the first photo is what was left.

On a hike a week or so ago

Driving to the hike:

and driving home, this deer was deciding whether to run away, or leap in front of my car

Fantastic pictures today, everybody. I've really enjoyed seeing them.

Gazania, that is fascinating about your elephant ears plants. Mother Nature is amazing.

That's interesting, Gazania. They look so tropical for your part of the world. Do you set the bulbs aside until next spring? They sure looked pretty in front of the house.

socks, this is my first experience with Elephant Ears. I bought the 5 bulbs (actually 'corms' is more correct) in a bag at Walmart on a whim. Can't remember exactly the price, but I think it was about $7.00. Since DH went to the trouble of digging them and cleaning them up,(he never asks my 'permission' about stuff like that) I guess I will over winter them in the garage. At $7 bucks, I really figured that I wouldn't bother keeping them, just get new next year.

This post was edited by gazania on Wed, Nov 5, 14 at 17:08