Colocasia esculenta Black Magic Plants from Japan At this time the shrubs

At this time the shrubs are cut back by a half to two thirds to remove the dead tops of the plant

which mature with a pink blush

Because of its thick nature

In early spring

evergreen fronds emanating from a central point

Colocasia esculenta Black Magic Plants from Japan At this time the shrubs(aka: Colocasia 'Jet Black Wonder') Colocasia 'Black Magic' was discovered in the wilds of the Philippines as a dark sport in an all green patch by collectors from a Queensland, Australia botanical garden. They subsequently shared plants with California's Walter Pagels, who first introduced Colocasia 'Black Magic' to the US. Colocasia 'Black Magic' is a four exclamation point plant with dusty, solid purple black, 2' long, spectacular leaves especially