Annuals, Bulbs, Tropicals > Colocasia > Colocasia esculenta > Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic'
Colocasia esculenta
'Black Magic'
Black Magic Taro, Elephant's Ear
| Family |
| Araceae |
| Genus |
| Colocasia |
| Species |
| esculenta |
| Cultivar |
| 'Black Magic' |
| Category |
| Annuals, Bulbs, Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 8 - 10 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H2 - H5 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -9 - 4 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 10 - 40 |
| Height |
| 90 -180 cm |
| Spread |
| 90 -180 cm |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| '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. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Pests |
| No serious insect or disease problems. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Leaf Description |
| Huge, black, heart shaped, downward growing leaves with well defined veins. |
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