Big-leafed tropical plants that thrive in our humid summers and turn heads fast. These alocasias and colocasias come in an assortment of colors and textures—arrows, elephants ears, and striped varieties all in one mix—so you'll get something different each time.

Start them in bright, indirect light indoors, then move outside after the heat settles in May. Water regularly during the growing season. Dig them up before the first hard freeze and store the tubers dry, or treat them as seasonal color and replace next year.