4 in. Green Taro Potted Bog/Marginal Pond Plant

Hi Roz! We live in North Georgia which is 7 or 6b and our green taro winters over every year. It looks like Portland is in one of those zones, too, where your winters can go either way. I would say if you see a very cold set of temperatures heading your way, bring it indoors and keep its feet wet and in a sunny window until the cold passes or just wait until spring when the temperatures permit putting it back in your pond.

Hi Rs! We live in North Georgia which is 7 or 6b and our green taro winters over every year. It looks like Portland is in one of those zones, too, where your winters can go either way. I would say if you see a very cold set of temperatures heading your way, bring it indoors and keep its feet wet and in a sunny window until the cold passes or just wait until spring when the temperatures permit putting it back in your pond.

In reading descriptions on varieties of Tar, it is my understanding that "Blue Taro" is the edible variety.

1-6 inches refers to the top of the pot (plants crown. 6 inches (or less) would be maximum for a fully mature plant. 1 inch for a very young plant starting.

I put each plant in a plastic basket, six inches deep in the pond

Roots and all are about 1 foot long perhaps 4 inches wide. Don't remember instructions. I simply put the plants in a plastic basket approximately 6 inches deep. Both plants are doing well.

Hi Codfar. The scientific name for this plant is Colocasia esculenta.

Not poisonous, but irritatingly irritating if not cooked long enough. Oaxalate crystals in the plant makes for a long cooking time to get rid of the crystals. I really don't know the toxicity of oaxalate, or any other molecular component of taro, but a little nibble on some taro not cooked long enough will stop any more self-dosing.