Elephant Ear in Ottawa - Winter Storage

[JEDI]

I have quite a few "elephant ear" plants in my garden in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where the climate zone is 4+.

I want to find out if the plants can be stored in my garage in a plastic box over the winter.

In the past winters, I stored them in my basement in paper bags....a bit more work.

Thanks.

[Beecrofter]

No freezing temperatures. A box of wood shavings or shredded newspaper works well. Pry them up as soon as frost blackens the leaves , dry them off and store them.

[Salty Thumb]

[e-mail] (JEDI) wrote in news:9e4c04c0.0311011341.8d33934 @posting.google.com:

I have some Elephant Ears calladiums that have survived minor frosts in the ground here in SE Virginia.

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Salty Thumb wrote in news:2yjpb.28513$ [e-mail]:

what I mean is they died back to the ground but they came back in the spring. not sure if that's what you want ...