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Tacca chantrieri ‘Green Isle’


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Tacca chantrieri 'Green Isle' has incredible bat-like flowers with long whiskers. A super botanically intriguing oddball.


Description:
An unusual and rarely offered selection that has intriguing dusky green blooms with bat-like, long green tentacles. The plant grows to a height of about 50 cm tall. In colder climates they make excellent pot plants if planted indoors in well-drained loam. The long lasting inflorescence are also good as cutflowers. Taccas are often referred to as Bat Flowers or Devil’s Whiskers. Plant rhizomes upright, 75% buried in a sharply draining mix with lots of perlite.


Common Name: Black Bat Flower

Family: Taccaceae (The Bat Plant Family)

Zone Hardiness: 11

Light: Full Shade, Part Shade

Height: 12-24"

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: Green

Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple

Class: Evergreen

Type: Tender

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

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Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Unknown

BC Native: No

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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Southeast Asia

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