If you lovechocolaty sweet goody , why not add a little cocoa bliss with a chocolate plant garden ? While growing actual cacao ( the reference of chocolate ) outside of the Torrid Zone is tricky , plenty of other plants will permit you coddle in chocolate ’s plentiful color and scent . These varieties offer dark scarlet - dark-brown flowers and foliage or drinking chocolate - odorize flower .
Chocolate Cosmos
With a name likechocolate cosmos , you may guess this plant will make a effete garden addition . The burgundy - maroon flowers both look and smell like chocolaty goodness . The blooms keep coming all summertime long on magniloquent stems .
Name : Cosmos atrosanguineus
Growing precondition : Full Dominicus and moist , well - drained soil
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Size : To 30 inches grandiloquent and 18 inch wide
Zones:7 - 10 , but commonly grow as an yearly
Chocolate Flower
Native to North America , chocolate floweris another beautiful cocoa plant surely totantalize your senseswith its cocoa - scented blooms . The small , daisy - shape chickenhearted prime come along from spring through other summertime .
Name : Berlandiera lyrata
sizing : To 8 inches tall and wide
Credit: Michael Jensen
Zones:7 - 9
Chocolate Vine
Fill the air with a chocolaty aroma by covering a paries or pergola in your garden with achocolate vine . Thiseasy - care climberoffers purple or blank chocolate - scented flowers in late leap . The hand - shaped leafage lends the landscape painting a tropic aura all summer and tumble .
Name : Akebia quinata
grow weather condition : Full sun or part tint and moist , well - drain stain
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Size : Climbs to 30 infantry
Zones:5 - 9
Hot Cocoa Rose
Though this umber works is n’t cocoa - sweet-scented , Hot Cocoa rise up does offer fun colouring . The rippled petals of thisfloribunda roseare Bourgogne - red with unusual brown undertones . It makes astunning cut flowerand gives off a temperate fragrance .
Name : Hot CocoaRosa’WEKpaltlez '
‘Dark Chocolate’ Coleus
The ' Dark Chocolate ' plant earned its moniker because of its foliation : The leave are a rich dour purple with a thin browned undertone . Thisgorgeous coleusalso makes a terrific houseplant if youbring it inside for the winter .
Name : Solenostemon scutellarioides’Dark Chocolate '
grow Conditions : Sun or shade and moist , well - drained soil
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Size : To 30 inches tall and 24 inch wide
Zones : Annual
‘Chocolate Mint’ Coleus
Add drama to your shade garden with thisgorgeous flame nettle . It have a bun in the oven rich imperial - red leaf march sharply in lime green . As a bonus , you cangrow it as a houseplant during winterif you have a bright spot for it .
Name : Solenostemon scutellarioides’Chocolate Mint '
Growing Conditions : Shade and moist , well - drained soil
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Size : To 20 in tall and 14 inch all-inclusive
‘Chocolate’ Joe Pye Weed
Attract butterflies to your yardwith ' Chocolate’Joe Pye weed , an easy - care perennial that ’s a fun variant of a North American native plant . Named for its over-embellished - brown leaf , this ' Chocolate ' plant bears contrastingwhite flowers .
Name : Eupatorium rugosum’Chocolate '
Growing condition : Sun or part ghost and moist , well - drain soil
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Size : To 5 feet improbable and 2 animal foot wide
Zones:4 - 9
‘Sweet Hot Chocolate’ Daylily
day lily are among theeasiest perennials to grow , so you ’ll definitely want to add the ' Sweet Hot Chocolate ' plant to your garden . Thisdaylily varietybears unequalled mahogany tree - purple bloom in summer . The blooms are eatable ( but sadly , they do n’t try of cocoa ) . Another choice is ' Chocolate Candy ' day lily , which also has chocolaty prime .
Name : Hemerocallis’Sweet Hot Chocolate '
grow Conditions : Sun and moist , well - drained filth
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size of it : To 24 inch tall and wide
Zones:3 - 10
‘Milk Chocolate’ Sedge
With wispy , grasslike foliage,‘Milk Chocolate ' sedgemakes an intriguing textural line in the landscape painting . This evergreen plant ( everbrown ? ) perennial haschocolate - tan leavesthat look most arresting when planted in groups .
Name : Carex comans’Milk Chocolate '
Growing condition : Full Sunday to part shade and moist , well - drained soil
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size of it : To 14 inches tall and 30 inches wide-eyed
Zones:7 - 9 , but can be treat like an annual
‘Chocolate’ Sunflower
large , bluff , annual sunflowersare already a garden favourite . Now opine the mystifying , velvety brown blooms of ' Chocolate ' helianthus . This smorgasbord bear big flower heads surrounded by golden - browned petals that depend especially stunning whengrowing among chickenhearted helianthus .
Name : Helianthus annuus’Chocolate '
Growing Conditions : Sun and well - drain soil
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Size : To 48 in tall and 24 in panoptic
‘Chocolate Ruffles’ Coralbells
Though the leaves on thisspectacular coralbellsemerge coppery in color , they chop-chop grow into a bold over-embellished - cocoa plant life . As its name advise , the foliage is a bit ruffled , adding a little grain to the landscape . Small , white flowers appear in late spring and early summer .
Name : Heuchera’Chocolate Ruffles '
Size : To 36 inches marvelous and 12 inches wide of the mark
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‘Velour Frosted Chocolate’ Viola
commence your chocolate flora garden with the rich caramel - meets - chocolate ( with a purple blush ) take care of’Velour Frosted Chocolate ' genus Viola . This nerveless - weather plant is a estimable choice for addingcolor to containersand garden bed in spring and fall .
Name : Viola’Velour Frosted Chocolate '
Size : To 6 inch tall and 8 inches wide
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‘Colorburst Chocolate’ Calibrachoa
A double-dyed complement to chocolate cosmos,‘Colorburst Chocolate ' calibrachoabears Bourgogne bloom blushed with brown . This thick annual blooms all time of year long and establish anexcellent trailing works for containersand hang hoop .
Name : Calibrachoa’Colorburst cocoa '
Size : To 8 inches tall and 10 inches wide
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‘Mocha’ Coralbells
umber and cocoa make a lackadaisical comboin drink and desserts , and they can also be a match made in heaven in the garden . ' Mocha ' coralbells feature deep purple foliage that seems to get darker as the season progresses . The leaves are large than many coralbells and hold upbetter to heat and humidity .
Name : Heucheraxvillosa’Mocha '
Size : To 18 inches tall and 24 inches all-encompassing
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Chocolate Mint Scented Geranium
You ’ll want to put this deliciouslyscented geraniumwhere you’re able to easy brush the leaves to release their refreshing minty fragrance . While the plant does n’t really smell of hot chocolate , each bright greenish leaf is splotched with dark purplish - brown . Grow it as a summertime annualor houseplant if you have a sunny window .
Name : Pelargonium’Chocolate Mint '
Size : To 3 fundament marvellous and panoptic
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Zones:9 - 10 , but ordinarily grown as an yearly
‘Heart Attack’ Sweet William
A perennial form ofsweet William , ' Heart Attack ' produce recondite brownish - reddened heyday in give and summertime . The blooms are sweetly fragrant ( more flowered than cocoa , though ) and make forwonderful stinger flowers .
Name : Dianthus barbatus’Heart Attack '
size of it : To 1 foot tall and 2 feet wide
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Zones:4 - 8
‘Midnight Feelings’ Phlox
Though it does n’t have a hot chocolate plant name , there ’s no mistaking the color of this perennial ’s browned - flushed bracts . These bract are what put on a show ; they surround prime buds that curiously never open . The flowers last longer than traditionalgarden phlox .
Name : Phlox paniculata’Midnight Feelings '
Growing Conditions : Sun and moist , well - drained grime
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Size : To 4 feet magniloquent and 2 feet all-inclusive
Purple Four-Leaf Clover
Aquick - growing ground cover , over-embellished four - leaf clover deliver fat chocolate - purple leaf edged in green . Curiously , most of the leaves actually do have four leaflets alternatively of the traditional three , soyou can always feel lucky .
Name : Trifolium repens’Atropurpureum '
Size : To 8 inch tall and 18 in wide
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‘Intrigue’ Canna
When you need a argument plant life to really force the optic , try’Intrigue ' canna . Its magniloquent , upright stanch and enceinte leave of absence are a delightful tint of brownish purple . In tardy summer , this canna diverseness hasorange - red peak , but they take a backseat to the stunning foliage .
Name : Canna’Intrigue '
Size : To 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide
Credit: Justin Hancock
Zones:8 - 10 , but can be treated like an annual or put in in a coolheaded , frost - free place for winter
Recipes for Chocolate Lovers
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