Description: Chocolate cosmos is an herbaceous perennial hailing from Mexico. Its lobed leaves and dark maroon flowers with velvety petals emerge from tubers that resemble fingerling potatoes.

A flower that smells like dessert might have more than one delightful surprise for your garden if you want to attract hummingbirds. While many gardeners focus on the color of red flowers to attract ...

Native to Mexico, this unique bloom thrives in warm climates. Though extinct in the wild, it survives today through cultivation. The flower boasts dark, velvety petals resembling rich chocolate. Its ...

M.B.: If you crave chocolate, give in to your instincts and buy another chocolate cosmos now because this perennial tends to sell out at the nurseries later on in the spring. I suspect your plant from ...

Not only are all types of cosmos easy and inexpensive to grow, they produce an abundance of pretty, daisy-like flowers that can be cut for the vase during summer and early fall. They are native to ...

Cosmos 'Chocamocha' is a compact, neater version of the classic chocolate cosmos, and has the same velvet brown petals and chocolate scent. A lovely plant for a sunny border, and for impressing kids.

My chocolate cosmos have let me down this year, which is a great disappointment. Normally they flower for me with profusion from late June into autumn, producing lovely rich burgundy – almost brown – ...