Alocasia macrorrhizos Black Foliage Plants rounded foliage (glossy purple in

rounded foliage (glossy purple in winter) that lays flat on the ground

'Fourth of July' forms a neat medium-sized mound to 2' wide

Because it is summer dormant

Asarum splendens is a vigorously rhizomatous species

the deciduous golden foliage is stunning

Alocasia macrorrhizos Black Foliage Plants rounded foliage (glossy purple in(syn: Alocasia macrorrhiza) This very cool elephant ear is quite different from the typical Colocasia esculenta. The thick, sculpted, glossy green, wavy edged leaves are held upright on dramatically rigid stems. A clump of giant upright elephant ears is guaranteed to stop visitors in their tracks especially if they walk into it! Alocasia macrorrhizos has been quite hardy in the Raleigh area, surviving 0 degrees F, but prefers it a bit warmer.