Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor 2b They are grown as much

They are grown as much for their spring floral display as for their evergreen silver spotted or entirely silvered foliage

Each vigorous growing clump of wide green foliage reaches 18" tall x 2' wide

you'll just have to see it for yourself

add another 1-2 feet to the height as the spathe sports maroon tinges around the edges and the spadix glares bold maroon throughout

and the tropical herbaceous perennial Strelitzia reginae

Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor 2b They are grown as muchThanks to Alabama collector extraordinaire Hayes Jackson for sharing this winter hardy form of Leucocasia (formerly Colocasia) gigantea that we named 'Survivor'. In rich, moist soils, it easily reached 8' tall x 9' wide. Leucocasia gigantea 'Survivor' has also returned in our Zone 7b garden without mulch since 1999. Resembling an alocasia, the 6' tall grey petioles (stalks) hold the large, silver veined, grey green leaves outright. When the plants