Bring bold tropical style to your garden with this Black Lava Colocasia esculenta starter plant. Known for its dramatic dark foliage and upright elephant ear shape, this striking variety is perfect for adding lush texture to landscape beds, water features, and large patio containers.

Your plant arrives as a small rooted starter, ready to grow quickly in warm conditions. Colocasia prefers moist, well-draining soil and thrives in partial shade to bright indirect light, making it a versatile choice for many outdoor settings.

• Live Black Lava Colocasia esculenta plant
• Small rooted starter ready for fast growth
• Classic elephant ear shape with bold foliage
• Ideal for tropical gardens, ponds, and containers
• Thrives in warm, humid, or partially shaded areas
• Ships healthy and ready for transplanting

• Common Name: Black Lava Elephant Ear
• Scientific Name: Colocasia esculenta
• Plant Type: Tropical foliage plant
• USDA Zone: 8–11
• Color: Dark green to black foliage
• Soil Type: Moist, well-drained soil
• Sunlight: Partial shade to bright indirect
• Watering: Moderate to high moisture
• Growth Habit: Upright, large-leaf tropical
• Plant Form: Rooted starter plant
• Quantity: 1 plant

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.