Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum 'Black Beauty' (Black Beauty Elephant Ear)

Part Sun to Light ShadeZone: 7-10 30" tall Origin: E. Asia

This superb 2006 Agri-Starts introduction is a stunning mutation of the popular C. 'Illustris'. If you can imagine intensifying the black leaf color and removing some of the green veins of C. 'Illustris', you can visualize C. 'Black Beauty'. We have no doubt a few of these got mixed in our recent orders of C. 'Illustris', so a few of you may already have this. In the ground, C. 'Black Beauty' is also somewhat stoloniferous like C. 'Illustris', making a 4' wide patch in 3-4 years...simply stunning. Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)