Small Rooted Colocasia esculenta Elephant Ear Tea Cup Plant - Tropical Foliage Starter

Elephant Ear Tea Cup Starter Plant Overview

Enhance your garden or indoor space with the Small Rooted Starter Plant of Colocasia esculenta, commonly known as the Elephant Ear Tea Cup. This tropical foliage plant features vibrant, large heart-shaped leaves that create a striking visual impact. Its compact size and upright, clumping growth habit make it a versatile addition to pots, garden beds, or as a focal point in your landscape.

Key Features

• Vibrant, large heart-shaped leaves with tropical appeal
• Suitable for indoor and outdoor planting
• Easy to grow for both beginners and experienced gardeners
• Thrives in various climates within hardiness zones 8-11
• Compact size with 2-3 feet height and width

Growing Information

The Elephant Ear Tea Cup prefers partial to full shade, making it ideal for shaded garden areas or indoor environments. It requires consistently moist soil that is rich and well-draining with organic matter to support healthy growth. This plant thrives best in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 11. Its upright, clumping growth habit allows it to develop a lush, tropical appearance over time.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.