{"id":5738,"date":"2016-07-28T11:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T09:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2016-07-28T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T09:30:38","slug":"taro-an-excellent-edimental-house-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"Taro: an excellent edimental house plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we&#8217;re on the subject of taro (Colocasia esculenta), I&#8217;m reminded that it can make an excellent edimental house plant which I put out in the garden in summer! The dark leaved cultivars such as Black Magic are particularly edimental!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5739\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AU305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5739 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AU305-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"AU305\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AU305-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AU305.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collection of taro, tarua and Papyrus in my pond area some years back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5742\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM5859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5742 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM5859-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"HPIM5859\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM5859-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM5859-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM5859-300x398.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM5859.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5740\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5740 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS129-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"AS129\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS129-203x300.jpg 203w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS129-692x1024.jpg 692w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS129-300x444.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS129.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5741\" style=\"width: 191px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5741 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS128-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"AS128\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS128-191x300.jpg 191w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS128-300x472.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AS128.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5743\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM6425.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5743 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM6425-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"HPIM6425\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM6425-300x230.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/HPIM6425.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can even harvest once a year!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P9146329.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P9146329-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"P9146329\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/P9146329-225x300.jpg 225w, 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