Colocasia esculenta Black Magic North Africa The plant was discovered in

The plant was discovered in the 1970s by the late Thomas "Henry" Suydam (Jimmy Dorsey/Benny Goodman band member)

the tips turn outward within days and the yellow flowers burst forth in a spectacular display

campanulatus) This little-known gem has green marbled fleshy petioles (eventually becoming quite bumpy) to 8' tall in cultivation

Climbing aster was known for years as Aster carolinianus

each topped with 6-8 large

Colocasia esculenta Black Magic North Africa The plant was discovered in(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