Tacca chantrieri ‘Green Isle’

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

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

Foliage Colour:  Green

Class:  Evergreen

Type:  Tender

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Soil Moisture:  Average

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Fragrance:  No

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Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

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