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Colocasia Black Beauty

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Colocasia Black Beauty is a much darker improvement on the older Colocasia Illustrius. We found this growing among thousands of plants a few years ago and promptly called it black beauty. At times the plant can have a solid black leaf with a single green dot in the center. It suckers freely and can make a large clump over time. I have in the past over wintered Black Beauty in zone 6 with heavy mulching.

FACTS

Foliage: Extremely dark black with some green veins

Flower: Hooded flowers

Height: 3 to 5 feet tall

Situation: Full sun to part shade.

Zone: 7 and up

Species/Hybridizer: Unknown