Description
Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Beauty’ with its dark purplish black stem, leaves and deep green veins. Often confused with the darker Colocasia esculenta Black Magic and Colocasia Illustris, with is a green stem and lighter purple-black leaves with lighter green veins. Bright indirect light to full sun generally brings out the best leaf color for this cultivar. However, in hot summers, plants appear to do best in part shade, particularly with some light afternoon shade. Very popular as a house plant, or in water gardens and ponds as it is very happy to stand in water up to 15cm deep.
Growth Spread |
90 cm |
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Growth Height |
120 cm |
 Water Requirements |
Keep wet. Can stand in water up to 15cm deep. |
Frost Sensitive |
Yes |
Flowering Period |
Yellowish to white flowers in Summer - Not grown for flowers. |
Light Requirements |
Prefer bright indirect light, but will tolerate full sun to part shade. |
Soil Requirements |
Well drained compost rich soil. Prefer slightly Acidic soil with ph5.5-6.5. |
