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elephant ear plant frost damage Maui Gold Elephant Ear – Plant DetectivesMaui Gold Elephant Ear (Colocasia esculenta 'Maui Gold') Maui Gold Elephant Ear is a bright tropical foliage plant valued for its chartreuse to golden yellow leaves, bold texture, and strong warm season growth. Its large heart shaped foliage brings a lighter, more colorful look to patios, poolside plantings, large containers, moist garden beds, and tropical style landscapes. This selection is especially useful for adding contrast against dark foliage,
Maui Gold Elephant Ear (Colocasia esculenta 'Maui Gold')
Maui Gold Elephant Ear is a bright tropical foliage plant valued for its chartreuse to golden yellow leaves, bold texture, and strong warm-season growth. Its large heart-shaped foliage brings a lighter, more colorful look to patios, poolside plantings, large containers, moist garden beds, and tropical-style landscapes. This selection is especially useful for adding contrast against dark foliage, deep green plantings, and brightly colored annuals. With warmth, rich soil, steady moisture, and sun to partial shade, Maui Gold Elephant Ear creates a lush, high-impact display in indoor and outdoor spaces.
Distinctive Features
Maui Gold Elephant Ear produces large chartreuse to golden yellow leaves that brighten the landscape and stand out from darker green or purple foliage plants. The foliage is typically broad, heart-shaped, and held on sturdy petioles, creating the bold texture associated with Colocasia. Color is often strongest in bright light when moisture is consistent, while afternoon shade can help protect the foliage in very hot locations. Flowers may appear occasionally as a spathe and spadix, but this plant is grown primarily for its colorful foliage, tropical texture, and warm-season presence.
Growing Conditions
- Sun: Grows best in full sun to partial shade, with afternoon shade helpful in very hot climates to protect the bright foliage from scorch.
- Soil: Prefers fertile, humusy, organically rich soil that stays consistently moist while still supporting healthy root growth.
- Water: Performs best with regular moisture during active growth and should not be allowed to dry out completely in warm weather.
- USDA Zones: Hardy outdoors in USDA Zones 8 to 11 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 5 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide in favorable outdoor conditions, while container-grown plants may stay smaller.
- Habit: Forms an upright to spreading clump with broad golden foliage rising from the base on sturdy petioles.
Ideal Uses
- Focal Point: Use as a bright foliage focal point in large containers, patios, poolside plantings, courtyard beds, tropical-style landscapes, or moist garden areas where its golden leaves can stand out.
- Container Planting: Grow in a large decorative pot where its chartreuse to gold foliage can provide strong color and be moved or protected before cold weather.
- Moist Garden: Plant in consistently moist beds, rain gardens, or pond-edge settings where its love of moisture can support strong growth.
- Tropical Garden: Pair with cannas, bananas, caladiums, gingers, coleus, and dark-leaved elephant ears to create a lush warm-season display.
- Mixed Border: Use in large mixed beds where its bright foliage can add contrast, texture, and tropical scale behind 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 Maui Gold Elephant Ear?
- Golden Foliage: Displays large chartreuse to golden yellow leaves that brighten containers, patios, and tropical-style garden beds.
- Bold Texture: Produces broad heart-shaped foliage that brings tropical scale and lush structure to warm-season plantings.
- Color Contrast: Pairs beautifully with dark elephant ears, purple foliage, deep green plants, and brightly colored annuals.
- Fast Warm-Season Growth: Responds quickly to heat, water, and fertility with strong foliage production during the growing season.
- Container Friendly: Works well in large patio pots where it can be featured outdoors in summer and protected before frost.
Maui Gold Elephant Ear is an excellent choice for gardeners who want bold tropical foliage with a bright, sunny color effect. Its golden leaves, large clumping habit, moisture-loving growth, and strong seasonal presence make it a standout plant for containers, patios, moist garden beds, and dramatic warm-season landscape designs.
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★★★★★ 5
A Paper Towel Holder That Actually Holds Its Own
Color: Gold
This is a lot nicer than I expected for something as boring as a paper towel holder. The base has some real weight to it, so it doesn’t slide around every time you try to tear off a sheet. The spring-loaded arm also helps keep the roll from spinning freely.
The gold finish looks good in person. It leans a little more bronze/brassy than bright gold, which my wife prefers in our darker colored kitchen. It feels sturdy, wipes clean easily, and doesn’t look cheap sitting on the counter.
The one-handed tearing works pretty well, though it may depend on the paper towels you use. Thinner rolls tear off easily. With thicker paper towels, you may still need a second hand here and there to get a clean rip. We use the Costco branded Kirkland paper towel rolls and haven't had any issues getting just one sheet. I am guilty of yanking at our old paper towel with one hand roll to try and rip off a single sheet. My success rate has significantly increased since we started using this paper towel holder.
It’s definitely more expensive than a basic paper towel holder, but it also feels like a clear upgrade from the cheap flimsy ones. Would I normally buy this? Probably not, but if I am splurging on kitchen upgrades, then I'd definitely have this on my list.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Pretty gold tone color and works well
Color: Gold
This is great for lazy people like myself. Just pull back the grabber hand and drop the paper towels in, no unscrewing anything or fiddling around, I only want to spend one second installing my paper towels and this lets me do that. The gold tone works well with my decor, it has a very finely brushed gold tone metal finish trending into brass color tones that looks better in person than in the listing. Overall it looks very high end. The bottom is very heavily weighted, paper towels slip right on, and removing a towel with one hand is a snap. The grabber hand keeps the towels in place. On the bottom are 4 very effective grabby strips that keep the unit from sliding. The whole unit weighs 3 pounds but somehow it seems like it's a lot more. Checking over the listing, it looks accurate other than some of the photos make it look a little less golden than it really is. This thing is so nice. I was going to use this at work but it might be too nice looking for an industrial environment so I'll probably just use it at home instead.
The downsides on this are there were a few super tiny scratches that you'd really have to squint to see. You probably would not notice but still not ideal. The other obvious issue is these are currently priced at $50. Looking around at other options, I don't see many with all the features of this unit including upscaled finish, smoothly operating grabby hand, and heavily weighted bottom but certainly there are many other towel holder options that get good reviews for less money so I would not say this unit is the best economic bang for the buck. However if you really don't care about an extra $20 or you would really like an upscale nice brushed gold/brass finish, then it might be well worth it for you because this does work really well and I am very much enjoying it.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Solid Investment
Color: Stainless Steel, Color: Stainless Steel
At first I thought this was a little expensive for a paper towel holder, but after using it for a few days, I completely understood the price. It’s very sturdy and honestly delightfully functional in a way that basic holders just aren’t. The spring-loaded arm works really well and actually allows easy one-handed tearing without the whole thing tipping or unraveling.
A few things I liked:
Weighted base keeps it firmly in place
Non-slip bottom works well on countertops
Spring arm holds the roll securely and makes tearing easier
Stainless steel finish looks clean and modern
Feels much sturdier and better made than cheaper versions
A couple minor things:
The arm is a little stiff at first, but loosened up slightly with use
Larger/thicker rolls can fit tightly until some paper is used
Overall, I think it’s a really good value for the money and performs exactly as advertised. One of those kitchen items that seems simple, but once you use a better-designed version, you definitely notice the difference.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2026
★★★★★ 5
This is the one!! The only paper towel holder I will ever have in my home.
Color: Stainless Steel, Color: Stainless Steel
I don’t usually get this excited about a paper towel holder... but THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!!!
Seriously. I’ve gone through so many flimsy, annoying holders that slide around, lift up, scrape the counter, or make that awful squeaking noise when you try to tear a sheet, and this one fixes every single one of those problems. The weighted base is EVERYTHING. It’s heavy enough that it doesn’t move at all when you pull a paper towel. No sliding. No tipping. No lifting. It just stays put like it’s supposed to. And the non-slip bottom means it doesn’t scratch or drag across your counter, which is such a huge plus.
The spring-loaded arm is genius. You can actually tear a paper towel one-handed without fighting the roll or having it unravel everywhere. It keeps just enough tension so you get a clean tear every time. The design is sleek and practical. The stainless steel finish looks clean and modern, and it fits nicely with any kitchen style. It’s simple, but in a way that feels very intentional and well thought out. I’m not exaggerating when I say this is the only paper towel holder I will ever buy from now on. I already want to get more for other areas of the house and this is the only kind of paper towel holder I will ever buy for my family and friends. Nothing comes close to how good this one works. If you’ve ever been annoyed by your paper towel holder, then look no further than this!! It solves all the little everyday frustrations and makes something simple actually work the way it should.
Conclusion: Love it, love it, LOVE IT!! It is worth every penny!!! 🙌 Yes, it's a tad expensive for a towel holder, but it is THE BEST and absolutely worth it!!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2026
★★★★★ 5
It’s great for the bathroom.
Color: Gold-aa
It’s great. I use it in all my bathrooms. It’s easy to change the paper. It fits on the tank and dresses it up.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2026