Plants in the aroid family with tumid shield - like leave are often dubbed " elephant ears . " Often the frilly , multicolored leaves of caladiums ( Caladium spp . ) are engraft to embellish and complement the bloom colors of plant in summer one-year beds and containers . Other elephant ears ( Colocasia spp . , Alocasia spp . and Xanthosoma spp . ) bear variously color large leaves , but the overall winder to using companion plants around elephant ears is contrast in people of color and leaf textures according to " The Exotic Garden . "
Ferns
The dainty foliage of ferns visually contrast the big , bold - sized leaf of elephant auricle well . Juxtapose the foliation to amplify their differences . Also , consider using counterpoint leafage colors of ferns with elephant ear ; drear leaf elephant ear hem in by Paris green or light unripe fern fronds create heighten demarcation .
Coleus
Coleus ( Solenostemon spp . ) are fast - growing herbaceous foliage plants with leaves that can range in coloration from yellow or light-green to regal , rust brown or burgundy - red . Their leaves are small than those of elephant geezerhood so they course complement each other . pair flame nettle with caladium is specially enjoyable as you could mime or reverberate the colors in the caladium leaf in those of the flame nettle . For example , an elephant ear leaf that is specked with white and pinkish will look good near a coleus with substantial purple or light green parting . A general convention : if your elephant ear is a solid color , geminate it with a multicolored coleus leaf form , or vice versa .
Begonias
Begonias grow around elephant ears make for a splash of color with their efflorescence , especially wax and tuberous begonia types . Use ever - blossom begonias to echo a color in the elephant ear leaves , such as using a pink or red begonia around elephant ear leaves with speckles or veins of bolshy and pink . Or , green - leaved elephant ears can be made bright by being surrounded by enceinte numbers of flowering begonia because the petal coloring and small size of it make capital contrast .
Other Elephant Ears
toy with different leaf colour and patterns among elephant auricle plants , regardless of their botanical indistinguishability . For example , if one elephant ear plant produces solid - coloured greenish leaves , turn over intermingling it with another elephant ear that grows sullen purple leaves or one that is stipple and disinvest . Again , visual demarcation among leave of absence contribute the plan interest .
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