Get all of the enjoyment with none of the calories. Grow chocolate-theme plants -- many with black flowers (or a lovely chocolate scent). |
Pansies love cool weather, so plant 'Bowles' Black' pansies with orange pansies before Halloween for a seasonal display. |
Black Velvet petunia is a flower full of intrigue. It's perfect for mixing with other plants: Black is a neutral color, so it goes with everything! |
These 6- to 8-foot-tall stems of black flowers look darkly elegant when paired with any annual, perennial, or flowering shrub. |
Dainty bell-shape flowers in a chocolate-black color dangle from 4-foot-tall spires in spring. Plant Fritillaria persica bulbs in the fall for a stunning dose of black flowers. |
'Queen of Night' tulip isn't a true-black flower, but it's as dark as these spring-flowering bulbs get. It is a lovely, long-lasting cut flower. |
This calla isn't quite a black flower, but it's close. The deep purple funnels of 'Edge of Night' are long-lasting cut flowers and grow well in containers. |
The 2-foot-tall dark purple-black Iris chrysographes really stands out in the garden when it shows off its early-summer flowers. You'll also enjoy its fragrance and grassy foliage. |
If you had 1,001 of these deep maroon dahlia blooms, it would be a spectacular sight. But don't worry, they're lovely even if you only have a few. |
That old black magic has us in its spell with the beauty of this dark burgundy hybrid tea rose with thick, velvety petals as soft as midnight. This is about as dark as roses come. |
An annual flower for container gardens, it shows off black flowers edged in hot pink, and sunny-yellow centers. |
Burgundy foliage, deep red blooms, and a spicy fragrance make 'Sooty' one of the most interesting sweet Williams. |
