Start a Chocolate Garden

Can't get enough chocolate? Then fill your garden with plants that have dark purple-brown flowers and foliage or cocoa-scented blooms.

Chocolate Cosmos

Plants don't get much better than chocolate cosmos, which both looks and smells like chocolaty goodness! The burgundy-maroon flowers appear all summer long on tall stems and bear a rich scent.

Name: Cosmos atrosanguineus

Growing Conditions: Full sun and moist, well-drained soil

Size To 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide

Zones: 7-10, but commonly grown as an annual