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Chocolate Cosmos

Chocolate cosmos grown in my garden for use in my son’s wedding. Oh, chocolate…in a flower?Velvety textured, chocolate-scented, deep maroon flowers with darker brown center on divided dark green leaves. Provide fertile, well-drained soil for …

Chocolate cosmos grown in my garden for use in my son’s wedding. Oh, chocolate…in a flower?

Velvety textured, chocolate-scented, deep maroon flowers with darker brown center on divided dark green leaves. Provide fertile, well-drained soil for care-free, fast-growing performance. Tuberous perennial. Description from Monrovia

Details on how to grow Fine Gardening

Cosmos atrosanguineus in Wikipedia, native to Mexico, extinct in the wild.

Self-Seeding Crops

In My San Diego Garden & Kitchen 10-25-15