more WATER BABIES
Last issue, we were only just getting started — wetting your appetite, so to speak — with our showcase of aquatic and bog plants that are edible and easily grown, in even the smallest of spaces. Here’s another top five to add to the collection.
TARO, COLOCASIA ESCULENTA ‘BUN LONG’ & COLOCASIA GIGANTEA ‘BAC HAR’
Habitat and cultivation: Taro, depending on variety and selection, is grown in the subtropics and tropics for its edible root crop, leaves and stems. It can be grown in either full sun or semi-shade as a wetland crop or a dry land crop, but irrigation must be kept up to it when grown in the latter conditions.
Taro prefers a wet or waterlogged situation but there are some varieties that have been specifically bred to prefer more free-draining
