Colocasia hybrid ‘Black Ripple’ ~ Black Ripple Elephant Ear

BlackRipple Elephant Ear is a dramatic tuberousperennialgrown for its large, deeply puckered deep chocolate to purplearrow-shaped foliage on matching stems. Its canna-lily flowers rarely bloom. The best color occurs withfiltered lightandrich, moist to marginalsoils. If grown in area that experiences frost, bring inside to overwinter or treat as an annual.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:Low maintenance.Do not let soils dry out.

LANDSCAPE USES:Accents or Group Plantings,Borders,Woodland Gardens,Water Garden,Pond Edges,Foundational Plantings, Indoor Plants, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:Fern,Caladium,Begonia

IMAGES:Photo courtesy ofPlants Nouveau, Colocasia ‘Black Ripple’

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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