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Aug 10, 2011 4:40 AM CST
Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)
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I've found some Alocasias very easy to overwinter, specifically the green upright EE types. I keep them in a cool room and give them very light waterings. My favorite Alocasia, 'Metallic', was not so easy though, nearly lost it to rot a couple of years ago and was able to save it, but last winter I wasn't so lucky.

Evan, the 2 Alocasias that I have such good luck with produce plenty of offsets, I'd be happy to send you starts in spring. One is huge, some leaves over 40" long. The other is a big plant as a whole, but the individual leaves aren't as large. It's a bushier plant with more leaves. I gave a friend a pup from the large leaved one this spring, and it's already producing some big leaves- it's amazing how fast they grow once removed from the parent!
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

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