Black Ruffles Elephant Ear Live Plant – Colocasia esculenta 'Black Ruffles'

Enhance your landscape with Black Ruffles Elephant Ear (Colocasia esculenta 'Black Ruffles'), a striking tropical ornamental known for its dramatic, dark, ruffled foliage. This live plant is well suited for garden beds, water gardens, pond margins, tropical landscapes, and large containers.

Black Ruffles thrives in consistently moist, well-drained soil and performs best in bright conditions with partial shade. Its bold foliage creates a dramatic focal point in outdoor landscapes and pairs beautifully with other tropical and moisture-loving plants.

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:

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.

If there is an issue with your order, contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide:

• 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 required photos may not be eligible for review.

Claims submitted more than 48 hours after delivery will be considered accepted as received and may not be eligible for replacement or refund.

• One live Black Ruffles Elephant Ear plant
• Botanical name: Colocasia esculenta 'Black Ruffles'
• Distinctive dark, ruffled ornamental foliage
• Ideal for tropical gardens, pond edges, and containers
• Prefers moist, well-drained soil
• Best with bright light and approximately 65–73% shade (up to 80% shade tolerated)
• Suitable for USDA Zones 7b–10

🧾 MATERIALS:

• Live Black Ruffles Elephant Ear plant
• Nursery growing medium
• Moisture-retaining packing material

📋 ATTRIBUTES:

Common Name: Black Ruffles Elephant Ear
Scientific Name: Colocasia esculenta 'Black Ruffles'
Plant Type: Tropical Ornamental Perennial
Life Cycle: Perennial
Flower/Fruit Color: Creamy White Flowers (infrequent) / Dark Purple to Black Foliage
Sunlight: Bright Light with Partial Shade (approximately 65–73% shade; tolerates up to 80% shade)
Soil: Moist, fertile, well-drained soil
Water: High; keep soil consistently moist
USDA Zone: 7b–10