Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Ruellia This is truly an amazing

This is truly an amazing plant for the woodland garden

imagine Hosta 'Halcyon' with an edge and you have the picture

sits atop a nicely mottled 1-2' tall petiole (stalk)

Its foliage is tidy

and more hummingbirds

Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Ruellia This is truly an amazingThis superb 2006 Agri Starts sport is a stunning mutation of the popular Colocasia 'Illustris'. If you can imagine intensifying the black leaf color and removing some of the green veins from Colocasia 'Illustris', you can visualize Colocasia 'Black Beauty'. In the ground, Colocasia 'Black Beauty' is also somewhat stoloniferous like Colocasia 'Illustris', making a 4' wide patch in 3 4 years simply stunning.