Bejaria (Befaria) racemosa 25/1 Restock Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' rises

Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' rises like a gothic dream from the soil

Chasmanthium latifolium is the rare one that thrives in shade

which dries

so the plant reads as both delicate and durable: pollinators come for the spring nectar

or a quiet corner

Bejaria (Befaria) racemosa 25/1 Restock Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' risesBejaria racemosa, the tarflower, is one of the odd and lovely surprises of the Florida scrub, a heath family shrub that looks nothing like the rest of the clan. Where blueberries and azaleas carry small, fused, bell shaped blooms, tarflower opens wide flowers of seven separate petals, white to soft pink and sweetly fragrant, held in loose summer racemes. The genus honors the eighteenth century Spanish botanist Jose Bejar, and though older books spell