Colocasia esculenta Redemption PP 34729 Sikkim region of India Double flowered clones do not

Double flowered clones do not produce seed and must be propagated by division

we probably won't see the early spring-borne fruit this far north

Until the mid-1990s

this form originated as a seedling selection by Gys Petrus de Jong of Dublin

but also because it's a superb garden perennial

Colocasia esculenta Redemption PP 34729 Sikkim region of India Double flowered clones do not(aka: Colocasia 'COREDE') Colocasia 'Redemption' is a breakthrough in elephant ear breeding from Kentucky's Brian Williams. This masterpiece grows to 4' tall, with corrugated dark black purple foliage that serves as a background for the central pattern of pink that takes up 1 3 of the leaf surface, both front and back. The pink color also follows the vein lines partially toward the leaf edge truly stunning.