In the meantime, however, you can harvest the plant's flower stalks ... You can either grow elephant garlic primarily as an ornamental and allow it to reach its full 5-foot flowering glory ...

or elephant yam, at the Indiana University Greenhouse on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Like Wally, the devil’s tongue sprouts from a corm, an underground, tuber-like stem. When in bloom, the plant ...