"Guglielmo Portas" wrote in message
om...
From Chicago, I planted some nice black elephant ears pretty late
(August). They took well in my garden, so in October I cut them way
back, put them in big pots in my basement, now they're growing like
they're outside! The basement gets lots of natural light. Is this OK
or do they *need* a dormant season?


They don't need a dormant period. However, if you stop watering them, they
will go dormant. I just dug all of mine this week. I will store them in
the basement in a box until next spring.