Huge Elephant Ears

Our Elephant Ears love being at the end of the large pond. They grow from bulbs we bought for summer 2004 and planted in other locations. They grew nicely but nothing like this year. Last fall we dug the bulbs up and split off the babies and stored them in peat moss over the winter. We started with 8 bulbs and after splitting we had 30. In spring 2005 we replanted the bulbs in many locations and I think every one sprouted but the ones at the end of the pond grew the biggest. The lamp post in the picture is 7 feet tall to give you and idea of size. Here is a front and back view of the Elephant Ears at the end of the pond. The downside is I will have to dig up all these bulbs before winter if I want to replant them next year.