I live in the north - has anyone ever over wintered elephant ears inside, in their original pot? Mine looks fantastic - no dying leaves - and I am not sure I want to dig it up and divide it now. Can it just be put near a somewhat sunny window and watered once in awhile? Thanks.

I've only had the Elephant Ears for two years in big pots on my deck. I dragged them inside in front of sliding doors, watered (too) well, and left for the winter! One visit in Feb. this year and I watered again. The leaves die. I cut everything back when I return and water. I drag the huge pot back outside when its warm, and feed it. I skim off and add new potting soil. The first year I over-watered and had a bulb rot.I will see how they did when I go back in June. I leave a huge geranium too. Last year it came back but it was watered a couple of times. A coleus that was down to two stems revived into a Huge plant on the deck! It's always worth a shot to winter over. I have a rose in the cool basement that I had cut back. It had lanky stems and a rose in February ! No sunlight, no heat! Ya never know! Cut it back again and it came back beautifully outside.

I just dug up my elephant ears that I had potted on the deck. The corms all rotted. You'd never know it from the looks of the leaves! I did keep some of the sprouts hoping they might be a corm? I am so disappointed. I thought I'd have dozens to overwinter.

I store mine in a warm garage with artificial grow lights on the ceiling (about 12 hrs on/off) in the original pots. Just enough water to keep the alive and they do beautifully. In the spring , I either leave them in the pots or transplant them to the ground. In the latter situation, they are a little slow to get going but in a month or so they go "bananas". I get new plants every year that I can grow independently and don't remember losing any over the last 5 winters since I started using this method.I go for simplicity of care . I have tried storing the bulbs dry , keeping them in pots and cutting the leaves off over the winter but the way I do it now works best for me.
Experiment and see what works for you.