Colocasia 'Blue Hawaii'
"Black-veined taro"
Orders placed until 29 February 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025
Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025
Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
Jump on the jungle trend this year and flaunt all the best kinds of foliage! Colocasia 'Blue Hawaii' deserves to be a part of it, with massive heart-shaped leaves during summer which are striped with cool blue-black veins. Grow this taro indoors or move it outside for summer—there’s something very soothing about the way those ‘elephant ear’ leaves wobble in the breeze on top of strong dark stems. Indoors or out, position this tropical plant in dappled or filtered light. Colocasia 'Blue Hawaii' can grow up to 1.5m tall once mature and the leaves form a lush canopy which looks just as good (if not better) from underneath than it does from above!
Being an exotic plant, Colocasia esculenta 'Royal Hawaiian® Blue Hawaii' needs to be kept in warm conditions. Plant your bulb in a pot and leave it indoors during spring, it may take a while to sprout but once it does you can enjoy watching its magnificent leaves unfurl one after another, each one larger than the last. You can keep Colocasia 'Blue Hawaii' as a houseplant or move it outside to a partially shaded and sheltered part of the garden in summer—enjoy a long-lasting leafy scene through summer into early autumn.
Our Colocasia bulbs are grown and cultivated in Costa Rica.
Key features
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Perfect for pots
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Suitable for indoors
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Comes back every year
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Thrives well in full sun
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Great for shade
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Packed in paper bags
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Needs winter protection
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Colocasia esculenta 'Royal Hawaiian® Blue Hawaii'
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Flower colour
Green, black
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Bulb size
18/+ (baseball size)
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Established height
1.2-1.5m
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Established spread
30-50cm
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Leaf colour
Green, black
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Habit
Upright
Clump-forming -
Life cycle
Perennial
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Hardiness
Tender/Tropical
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Years to establish
1-2 years
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Sunlight
Full sun
Partial shade
Dappled shade -
Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Indoors
Pots
Large containers
Borders
Exotic gardens
Greenhouse -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Damp
Poorly drained -
Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost -
Growing skill
Requires specific conditions
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
No
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Mouse resistant
No
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Rabbit resistant
No
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Deer resistant
No
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Toxicity
Harmful if eaten
Skin/eyes irritant
Plant calendar
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Orders placed until 29 February 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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