Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Northern Africa Before now

Before now

In the late summer garden

which is another white-centered sport

Sarcococca x confusa thrives in both acidic and alkaline soils and

where the plant was first discovered

Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Northern Africa Before nowThis 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.