Known locally as kalo, the plant has been fundamental to the Hawaiian ... taro has been succumbing to taro leaf blight, a disease caused by water mold. Many of Hawaii’s traditional varieties ...

My giant Taro, elephant ears ... A mulch of straw or leaves will help to protect the plant from freezing and drying out during the winter. If we had really cold winters, I would dig up the ...

Japanese leaf-cutting artist, who goes by the name Lito, outlines on the leaf with a pen for his work in Tokyo Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) A frog holding a taro-leaf umbrella.