Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Lycoris We love it both as

We love it both as a solitary specimen as well as in a massed planting

but also one of the more difficult species to grow

sieboldiana) was first tissue-cultured

The white spathe and spadix are mounted atop 1' tall reddish stalks and

Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Lycoris We love it both asThis 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.