Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor Woodwardia medium orange flowers

medium orange flowers

Imagine a supersized Sabal minor

a true superstar of the shade garden

are topped with light lavender flowers in early summer

That species only has dirty white flowers

Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor Woodwardia medium orange flowersThanks 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