Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor 2b Once the tuber is large

Once the tuber is large enough to flower

Trillium 'Jefferson Silver' makes an extremely easy garden subject

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

(Syn: Aster ericoides) Symphyotrichum 'Snow Flurry' hit the perennial market like a storm in the 1980s

Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor 2b Once the tuber is largeThanks 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