In a message dated 8/14/2004 3:05:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jimmckenney@starpower.net writes: >Alocasia, Calocasia, Xanthosoma......With the first hard freeze, it's all over Colocasia and Xanthosoma are edible, eat them before they freeze, replenish from ethnic grocery store in the early spring along with ginger, turmeric and amorphophallus for that tropicalissimo look with no wintering over necessary. >It's my sincere conviction that gardeners are divided on the one hand into >those who are essentially farmers practicing ....and on the other hand the >sort of romantic ....who can discourse endlessly should the >opportunity arise on axes and borrowed space and the proper culture of >auriculas or the correct placement of pergolas Polarized personalities may enjoy both constructs with little or no conflict. Mark Mazer Intarsia Ltd. Gaylordsville, Connecticut 06755-0142 USDA Zone 5 Giant Schnauzer Rescue