Emmenopterys henryi David Geiger Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' rises

Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' rises like a gothic dream from the soil

Give this holly full sun for the tightest growth

Additional photos courtesy of George D

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Set in drifts

Emmenopterys henryi David Geiger Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' risesRare in cultivation and rarer still in bloom, Emmenopterys henryi is a Chinese tree of the coffee family, Rubiaceae, and a close relative of the native fever tree, Pinckneya. Woodlanders was the first nursery to offer the species in the United States, and one of our own trees was the first to display the showy, pink bracted flowers in the Western Hemisphere, a small piece of horticultural history rooted in South Carolina soil. The tree carries the