Scientific Name
Colocasia esculenta

Common Name
Elephant ears; Green taro


Hardiness: Zones 8-11












Height: 2 to 6 feet
Flower: Modest flowers; grown for foliage
Foliage: Up to 3 foot heart shaped to arrow shaped leaves; prominent veins
Comments: Plant in 5 gallon pot with rich soil; sun to partial shade; tuberous rootstock with ringlike scars
Cultivars/Species: Black Magic (black leaves and stems); Fontanesia; (violet stems) Rubra (red stems); Illustris (violet stalks, spots on leaves)

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