Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Ruellia it will begin to show

it will begin to show signs of aging and leaf degradation

Its foliage is tidy

the clumps are topped with 18" tall stalks of rich maroon-red flying saucer-like flowers

This is truly an amazing plant for the woodland garden

and more hummingbirds

Colocasia esculenta var antiquorum Black Beauty Ruellia it will begin to showThis 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.