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hawaiian elephant ear plant Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear – Plant DetectivesRoyal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear (Colocasia esculenta 'Royal Hawaiian Aloha') Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear is a bold tropical foliage plant valued for its glossy dark leaves, bright green veining, and compact clumping habit. Its deep purple black foliage has a reflective sheen that brings strong contrast to patios, poolside plantings, large containers, moist garden beds, and tropical style landscapes. This Royal Hawaiian Series selection offers
Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear (Colocasia esculenta 'Royal Hawaiian Aloha')
Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear is a bold tropical foliage plant valued for its glossy dark leaves, bright green veining, and compact clumping habit. Its deep purple-black foliage has a reflective sheen that brings strong contrast to patios, poolside plantings, large containers, moist garden beds, and tropical-style landscapes. This Royal Hawaiian Series selection offers dramatic color in a more manageable size than many giant elephant ears. With warmth, rich soil, steady moisture, and sun to partial shade, Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear creates a lush, polished display through the growing season.
Distinctive Features
Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear produces glossy dark foliage with light green veins that stand out clearly across the leaf surface. The leaves are broad and tropical in appearance, giving the plant a lush effect while the darker coloring adds depth and contrast in mixed plantings. It forms a compact clump, making it especially useful in containers and designed beds where a more contained elephant ear is preferred. Flowers may appear occasionally as a yellow spathe and white spadix, but this plant is grown primarily for its dramatic foliage and strong warm-season texture.
Growing Conditions
- Sun: Grows best in full sun to partial shade, with consistent moisture helping the plant perform well in brighter exposures.
- Soil: Prefers fertile, humusy, organically rich soil that stays consistently moist while still supporting healthy root growth.
- Water: Performs best with medium to wet soil and should not be allowed to dry out completely during active warm-season growth.
- USDA Zones: Hardy outdoors in USDA Zones 7 to 10 in protected conditions, while colder climates should treat it as a seasonal container plant or overwinter the tubers indoors.
- Mature Size: Typically reaches about 3 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide in favorable outdoor conditions.
- Habit: Forms a compact upright to spreading clump with broad dark leaves rising from the base on sturdy petioles.
Ideal Uses
- Focal Point: Use as a glossy dark-foliage focal point in large containers, patios, poolside plantings, courtyard beds, tropical-style landscapes, or moist garden areas where its dark leaves and green veins can stand out.
- Container Planting: Grow in a large decorative pot where its compact clumping habit and dark foliage can provide strong contrast and be moved or protected before cold weather.
- Moist Garden: Plant in consistently moist beds, rain gardens, or pond-edge settings where its tolerance for wet soil can support strong growth.
- Tropical Garden: Pair with chartreuse colocasias, cannas, bananas, caladiums, gingers, coleus, and bright annuals to create a layered warm-season display.
- Mixed Border: Use in large mixed beds where its dark glossy leaves can add depth, contrast, and tropical texture among lower plants.
Low Maintenance Care
- Watering: Water regularly during active growth to keep the soil consistently moist, especially in containers and hot summer weather.
- Mulching: Apply mulch around outdoor plants to conserve moisture, moderate soil temperature, and reduce weed competition.
- Fertilizing: Feed during the active growing season with a balanced fertilizer to support large foliage and vigorous growth.
- Wind Protection: Site in a sheltered location because strong wind can tear or damage the large ornamental leaves.
- Overwintering: Lift and store tubers or move containers indoors before frost in climates where the plant is not reliably hardy.
- Leaf Cleanup: Remove yellowing, torn, or frost-damaged leaves as needed to keep the plant looking clean and encourage fresh growth.
Why Choose Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear?
- Glossy Dark Foliage: Displays deep purple-black leaves with a reflective finish for strong contrast in containers and garden beds.
- Green Veining: Adds bright detail with light green veins that stand out against the dark foliage.
- Compact Clumping Habit: Offers bold elephant ear impact in a more manageable form for containers, patios, and designed plantings.
- Moisture Tolerance: Performs well in medium to wet soils, making it useful near ponds, rain gardens, and water features.
- Tropical Impact: Brings dramatic color, lush texture, and strong warm-season presence to patios, pool areas, large beds, and seasonal displays.
Royal Hawaiian Aloha Elephant Ear is an excellent choice for gardeners who want dark tropical foliage with a polished, high-contrast look. Its glossy leaves, bright green veins, compact habit, and love of moisture make it a standout plant for containers, patios, pond edges, and dramatic warm-season landscape designs.
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★★★★★ 3
Imperfect, sometimes charging is unreliable, clamp needs power to work and annoyingly not auto
The build quality is great for the price. Like iOttie. The tech advancement is cool but it doesn't work very well which is a disappointment.
It doesn't charge my phone very fast, because my phone is limited to 15 watt wireless charging, but it's great for preventing battery loss while using GPS.
The button to manually clamp and unclamp are a little too hard to press, it flexes the whole holder, so you need to press with your whole hand supporting the holder.
Sometimes my phone disconnects and reconnects randomly to this charger multiple times. Not sure if it's the charger or phone but that stinks . (I'm using an Anker 50w USB adapter for this wireless charger)
The clamping is motorized which is cool, but it's honestly less reliable than a spring loaded clamp because it doesn't always auto clamp the phone.
When this clamp is working properly it is great as it auto clamps onto a phone it's charging. But the issue is it doesn't always clamp.
It sometimes thinks it's clamped, when it's not, so you have to press the manual activation button twice so the phone will be locked in place. It's hard to know when you need to press just once or twice.
(The reason you press the button twice is if it thinks it's closed when it's actually open. Then you press first to "open" the clamp, even though it's already open, then press again to close it.
But if it knows the correct clamp position already, and just refuses to auto clamp, you only press the button once. If you press twice, you will end up cancelling the clamp. It feels random and unpredictable what the correct action is)
The clamping requires power which is another disadvantage to spring loaded hand clamps. But unclamping works without power due to a backup battery.
(Powered clamping is still better than those manual squeeze clamps, which are finicky to get a strong enough clamp on the phone)
I'm not sure how safe the battery is in a super hot car, like Florida heat. It seems fine for Pa heat.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Great product
UPDATE: Amazing customer service. I didn’t reach out, they did. After some adjustment shaking is minimal. Also regardless the charging. Well apparently my case is not compatible with fast charge. Phone charges fast without the case. Guess that has been my issue with other wireless charges. Definitely recommend. My husband went with another brand and now will be getting the same as mine.
Cool idea but definitely not super fast charge. In 40 minutes charged only 10%, was expecting more. Hold phone well but it shakes while driving. Installation was super easy.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2025
★★★★★ 1
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Don’t waste your money on this phone holder. I had a very bad experience with it, and it damaged my phone twice.
The holder opens by itself without warning, causing the phone to fall out while driving. Sometimes I found my phone under the seats, and other times it dropped while I was driving on the highway, which is very dangerous and distracting.
One time, the holder suddenly released my phone and it hit the handbrake hard, breaking the screen completely. I had to spend $500 to replace the screen.
The opening and locking system does not work properly. Sometimes it opens randomly, and sometimes it closes by itself. The wireless charging is also unreliable — sometimes it charges, and other times it stops charging unexpectedly. When the charging stops, the holder suddenly unlocks and drops the phone.
Overall, this product is unsafe, unreliable, and not worth the money.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Outstanding! 5 Stars for Mobility, Durability, Functionality and Ease of Use.
This little invention is outstanding! It holds phones of multiple sizes very securely in place without any bonding or sticky attachments that could damage your vehicle. Mobility is simple as it's easy to add and remove to any vehicle with air condition vents. Best of all, various size devices can be easily held in place with a quick squeeze of the side mounts and just as easily removable with a single press of a release button on the back side. The mount is also very strong and holds up to various temperatures. For example, in the summer it can become very hot in an enclosed vehicle and this mount holds up when other mounts tend to fail from over exposure to heat. The failure causes the joints or fittings to loosen, which will cause your device to slip from an intended position. Well, that is not a problem with this one. It has stood the test of time as I have used this mount for over a year in extreme environments. In the end, it appears that my family has come to like this product too. Ahem, my wife just took mine! So, I have returned to purchase another one for myself and two more for my daughters. Then I don't have to worry about my daughters taking mine either. Yes, I'm finally thinking ahead, so maybe you should think ahead and get additional copies for your family members. Either way, try one and you'll likely be back for more. It makes a great gift. I highly suggest this product to everyone who needs a mobile device mount for their vehicle.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Excellent Product and Exceptional Quality and Service – Highly Recommend!
I recently purchased the LISEN Car Phone Holder Mount [Military Stable] and couldn’t be more impressed! From the moment I unboxed it, I could tell it was built to last. The design is sleek and modern, and it holds my iPhone 15 Pro Max securely without any wobbling, even during bumpy rides. The military-grade stability lives up to its promise—this mount stays firmly in place, and the adjustable clamps fit my phone perfectly.
What really stood out to me was the ease of installation. It attaches to my car vent effortlessly, with no tools required, and doesn’t block any air flow, which is a huge plus. It’s also compatible with various phone models, including the latest iPhone 16, so I know it will be a long-term solution for my future upgrades.
In addition to the great product, the customer service from Linsen was outstanding. They provided timely and clear communication, answering all my questions before I made the purchase. It’s rare to experience such excellent support these days, and it made my buying experience even better.
If you’re looking for a reliable, sturdy, and easy-to-use car phone holder, this is the one to get! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXLQDY5B Highly recommend!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024