Black Magic Elephant Ear is a dramatic, frost tender tuberous perennial grown for its massive purple-black arrow-shaped foliage. 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' - 6' |
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Spread: |
3' - 6' |
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Spacing: |
4.5' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 10 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
White |
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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: Stan Shebs, Colocasia esculenta Black Magic 1, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Photo by cultivar413, 200710 178 Encinitas - San Diego Botanic Gdn, Lawn Gdn, Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' Taro, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Colocasia esculenta Black Magic 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by David Eickhoff, Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
