Elephant Ear Plants and Banana Trees with their large leaves add a tropical or coastal feel to our landscape. Grown in ground or in containers these perennials can be enjoyed year after year in our yards.
Their foliage is affected by freezing temps and heavy frost turning their leaves dark brown to black almost overnight, but the underground tuber is not affected on many species – so they are still very much alive!

Only the foliage has died back, the tubers (bulb and root ball underground) are still kickin’. In our climate, the tubers are winter hardy, so removing them from the garden in fall or early winter and replanting them in the spring is not necessary.
