Eric oh, I'll be honest with you, I haven't a clue. I bought the first one because it was discount rack and it was in bad shape. I didn't know if it was going to make it. It took awhile before I got my first white bloom. I've been trying to find out the name because white is really rare around here. The second one I got was also discount rack save but it didn't come with a tag. This one is kind of fuschia with a wonderful scent. Its petty common around here so I should be able to find out the name. The last one I got is from a group I jokingly refer to as the New Orleans minis. There is Bayou Marie, Bourbon Street and Baton Rouge. I think there is more in this group but not sure. So I got Bayou Marie because it has the most beautiful pink flowers, which slightly darken when the temp drops. Anyway, I have yet to find a real red dwarf. They say they are red but its more of a dark pink. My secret is once the leaves have drop then don't prune them. I wait until I see new buds on the old wood in the late spring before I cut away any dead limbs. Last winter was one the coldest in over ten years. Most of the thick branches made it. I also mulch in the fall. All three are rated for zone 7 are suppose to die back to the ground but somehow they didn't get the message. I wish some school in the midwest would do a crape myrtle study to see which ones are hardy to zone 5 or possibly lower.

Martina my email acct, is down I will post your plants monday 2 diamond head one large thai giant, and jacks giant, these will be large plants look forward to reciveing yours and to a future trade,I do not have agave antenuata I do have whales tongue,agave arizona star and agave lophantha quardricolor bouhgt it from plants delight and one pup in four years,I also have a great plantwinters over in zone 8 and gives off pups and has a really great candelara when it blooms African Soap aloe,reall grat if you dont have it goes great with agaves LOL Walt

In mid August 2 of my Elephant Ears reached 6 feet tall. I just water them a lot and apply Expert Gardener Plant Food 15-30-15 every 3 weeks. I turned the soil and added about 20% top soil but they're in mostly clay. They get 3/4 to 1/2 day sun respectively. Colocasia Esculenta 'Black Magic' - I got this in June 2016 and it was in a 1 gallon pot and about 18" tall. It got to about 4 1/2 ft tall 4 mos later with 3 tubers and 3 pups. But it was crowded by 2 other E. Ears. Then in Oct it wintered indoors without much sun. During that winter the base stem/trunk circumference went from about 19" to 7" and it went down to only 2 leggy leaves. Right now it has an 18" base circumference with about 10 tubers and 5 pups. It seems the new leaves with their stems continue to grow until the 2nd subsequent new leaf has unfurled. It's leaves shed water as if they were wax. Water just rolls right off. It's impossible to get them wet: Alocasia Macrorrhizos 'Black Stem' - I got this in the spring and it was about 2' tall in a 2 gal pot. Sometimes when breezes come through it makes creaking noises like an old wooden ship deck creaking or vinyl rubbing together. I occasionally forget that when I'm near it and the noise startles me:

I'm outta sunny rm when it comes to bringing all my EEs in for the winter. So most of their corms will be cured which I'll try for the first time. But I will bring some in. The first one will be the Mojito because I don't want to chance losing its tuber after reading that...thanks. It's just 2ft tall and only keeps about 3 leaves up at a time. Spider mites have been a problem on my indoor plants over the past 2 winters so I'll be looking for a better solution for that. My Freida Hemple Caladium was full grown on April 20 of this year when I bought it and that's when the below pic was taken. It nearly doubled in size before it went dormant: Around Sept 1 its last leaf died. So I removed the root/soil mass from the pot, let that dry for a few days, then removed the dirt & cut the longer roots and dried it a few more days. I'll probably pot it again soon so I can have it growing inside for the winter. But how long should I wait before potting it again? What's the minimum time? Below are the 3 bulbs/rhizomes that are from the above plant and are shown on 1/4" mesh. The 2 on the left are upside down. There are less roots on the bottoms and more near the tops. The one on the right has 3 large main nodes. I left some of the petiole remnants on them so I know which way is up: None of my other Caladiums are at this point yet, but my Thai Giant EE stopped growing in early August...it still has 2 good leaves on it. Hmm. I may try a Amorphophallus konjac if it grows well indoors in the winter. Why do some have green leaves only, some have green leaves and an inflorescence, and others have only the inflorescence?