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Chocolate cosmos mainly found in Mexican regions. The best part of designing chocolate gardens is choosing the plants. Chocolate Flower Viable seed was discovered in New Zealand and is now available. Yes, as its common name suggests, its flowers really do smell like chocolate, especially at the end of a sunny day. ***New for the first time EVER! 4 Gardenia The species was introduced into cultivation in 1885, when the British seed company Thompson & Morgan first listed it in their seed catalogue. Among the garden plants grown for their scent, chocolate cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) certainly stands out from the crowd. My second year with chocolate cosmos.

FiftyFlowers.com has decadent Chocolate Cosmos! We specialize in rare, unusual and often exclusive to Chocolate Flower Farm seeds. ~ Welcome to Chocolate Flower Farm ~ ... Chocolate Cosmos (the flower smells like chocolate). Seeds collected from second year crop discovery of pinwheel formed flowers so can't guarantee each plant will have the pinwheel form. A chocolate scented flower! My climate doesn't require lifting for winter (zone 9b/10a) though.

Dark red-brown, sometimes almost black, velvety flowers on long, slender, reddish brown stems bloom from early summer to autumn. Striking, deciduous leaflets complete the picturesque appearance, when this floral rarity is presented in a bed or in a tub. They even smell like Chocolate! Really does smell good! Here is a selection plants that smell like chocolate or have a rich, chocolaty color or taste: Chocolate cosmos – Chocolate cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) combines the color and fragrance of chocolate in one plant. Chocolate Cosmos are a unique and whimsical flower that would serve as a wonderful accent to a bouquet of cream garden roses. Cosmos flowers blooms heavily, but dies with first frost. Cosmos atrosanguineus, the chocolate cosmos, is a species of Cosmos, native to Mexico.It has often been claimed that it is extinct in the wild; however it is "quite abundant" in Mexico. The Chocolate Cosmos blooms from mid to late summer, and does best in zones 6-11, as it is frost-sensitive. Chocolate Cosmos flower smells like chocolate, but it has a specific vanilla fragrance too. Exotic, beautiful and exclusive to Chocolate Flower Farm. Chocolate Cosmos seeds!

Lace Cosmos flower is one of the most beautiful and most popular species of this flower. Positive: On Aug 10, 2005, StarDancer from Owen Sound, wrote: Zone 5, Owen Sound, Ontario. A great one in the garden and it even has a faint smell of chocolate. I still give chocolate cosmos a positive rating because it's just so dern cool! The word Cosmos is derived from the Greek, which means a balanced universe. This flower is named after its chocolate like fragrance and color.

Chocolate cosmos flowers have a reddish brown color. Chocolate cosmos is a tuberous-rooted, tender perennial native to Mexico that can be overwintered indoors where not hardy.

Cosmos flower plants grow to 3-6 feet tall. The same chocolate fragrance but an elegant pinwheel shaped flower form. Because it’s origin is in the warm regions of Mexico, a chocolate cosmos is lacking complete winter hardiness. Cosmos flower blooms twice a year and only once in the season.

If you are in a temperate zone, the tubers should be dug up and stored in a frost-free store over the winter. Cosmos flower’s leaves come in a couple of shapes – pinnate, bipinnate, and simple and each pair of leaves is arranged oppositely. This plant bloom at night. During summer season, chocolate cosmos produce more intense pleasant scent than other season because of strong heat. The leaves of Cosmos plant are simple, pinnate, or bipinnate, and are arranged in opposite pairs. The lovely dark red to maroon flowers have a light chocolatey scent, and enjoy full or partial sun. Petals are super velvety and ultra rich.