Diamond Head Elephant Ear is a dramatic tuberous perennial grown for its stunning large arrow-shaped foliage on matching dark stems. These lightly ruffled chocolate- black leaves are highly glossed. Its canna-lily like summer flowers are infrequent and often hidden in the foliage when they do bloom. The best color occurs with filtered light and rich, moist to marginal soils. If grown in area that experiences frost, bring inside to overwinter or treat as an annual.
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Type: |
Perennial, Annual |
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Height: |
3' - 4' |
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Spread: |
2' - 3' |
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Spacing: |
3' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 11 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Yellow |
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Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Do not let soils dry out.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Water Garden, Pond Edges, Foundational Plantings, Indoor Plants, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Fern, Caladium, Begonia
IMAGES: Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-091020-8211-Colocasia esculenta-horticulture variety dark leaves-Kula Experiment Station-Maui (24985925475), CC BY 3.0 US,m (2) Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott ¿ 'Black magic' ? (31514302157), CC BY-SA 2.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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