Black Ruffles Elephant Ear Plant - Live Colocasia esculenta with Dark Purple Ruffled Leaves for Indoor and Outdoor Gardens

Black Ruffles Elephant Ear Plant Overview

The Black Ruffles Elephant Ear (Colocasia esculenta) is a captivating live plant known for its dark purple, ruffled leaves and deep plum stems. This unique variety stands out with its textured foliage, adding a dramatic touch to both indoor and outdoor garden spaces. The plant arrives as a healthy baby, measuring 3-8 inches tall in a 3-inch-deep pot, ready to be nurtured to full maturity.

Key Features

• Mature height ranges from 4 to 6 feet, providing a bold statement in any garden.
• Distinctive dark purple ruffled leaves with deep plum stems create an elegant appearance.
• Prefers 65%-73% shade, thriving best with high light but not direct sun exposure.
• Requires boggy yet well-drained soil to maintain optimal health.
• Suitable for USDA hardiness zones 7b through 10.
• Easy to grow with proper light and watering care.
• Seasonal dormancy includes leaf loss in winter, which is a normal growth cycle behavior.

Growing Information

To cultivate the Black Ruffles Elephant Ear successfully, provide a shaded environment with 65%-73% shade, avoiding direct sunlight. Maintain soil conditions that are boggy but well-drained to support healthy root development. This plant grows upright with its signature ruffled leaves and can reach heights between 4 and 6 feet. It is hardy in zones 7b to 10 and will enter dormancy in winter, shedding its leaves as part of its natural cycle. With consistent care, this plant can thrive indoors or outdoors, enhancing your garden with its striking foliage.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.