Gutter Elephant Ears
I brought the entire plant inside to winter as a houseplant the flowers appeared 10 days after taking it outside about may 1 to a sunny location.
Gutter elephant ears. Seeyou mar 18 2004 01 44pm 6 i dont have any pictures handy but i make two 45 degree miters rather than one 90 degree miter at inside corners where water jumping the gutter is a potential problem. I haven t had the plant a year yet. Numerous people have tried ideas but none have worked. Also at first when i read what greensage said about planting elephant ears or certain kinds of grass under the drip line at first i questioned it.
Any sheet metal roofing or gutter person should be able to do them. The flowers are white a. Holes through the splash guard and the gutter. Eagle 1 rain gutter valley splash guards 2 splash guards per order includes 20 free screws and 1 4 bit driver almond 4 3 out of 5 stars 63 29 95 29.
With pert ears and characteristic fluffy tail jolly the squirrel aids water from your downspout divert onto your lawn to keep it from damaging your foundation in a gutter sculpture that s among the most decorative architectural art we ve seen. They are what post 2 describes. An added piece that sticks up from the edge of the gutter at the inside corner right below the valley. The metal roof forms a valley where one roof meets another.
K style gutter leaf guards half round gutter leaf guards screens hybrids covers hoods filters aluminum gutter leaf guards copper gutter leaf guards steel gutter leaf guards filter flow gutter filter. I live in zone 7 central virginia and have an elephant ear with two flowers. Currently there is a diverter moved a little way up the. 2x3 opening for downspout measures 3 1 2 x 2 1 4 3x4 opening for downspout.
I live in east texas and our house is like that too no gutters. This valley shoots rain in a flume during our frequently heavy downpours. You can find these precut gutter splash guards about 3 in brown and white aluminum at a home center but you could easily make your own out of aluminum or sheet metal and spray paint them to match your gutters. Our house has 4 big valleys and the water wants to do the same thing on all of them.
Also known as elephant trunk. I think that would be awesome. Drill rivet holes for the gutter splash guard. Our gutters and downspouts are oversized and covered with professionally installed mesh guards.
But no one thought to put down rocks under our drip line. You need what are called elephant ears.