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Elephant Ear (Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic')
Taro
Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'
Elephant Ear
Taro
'Black Magic' is an elephant's ear cultivar which features unusual purplish-black leaves. It is a tuberous, stemless, frost-tender perennial of the arum family (see also calla lily and jack-in-the-pulpit) which typically grows 3-6' tall and as wide. It is primarily a foliage plant with huge, heart-shaped, conspicuously-veined, downward-pointing, peltate leaves (to 2' long) on long petioles. As the common name suggests, each leaf purportedly resembles an elephant's ear.
Very high moisture needs; suitable for bogs and water gardens.
ColorFoliageFormWater Garden Plant
3 - 5 FT
3 - 6 FT
N
Purple-Black
Coarse
Bulb
Yellow
July : Aug
Average
Sun (minimum 8 hours direct sun) : Partial Shade
Rich : Wet
Heavy
USDA Zones
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