Chocolate Cosmos October 28, 2015 Sue Martin 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 MonroviaDetails on how to grow Fine GardeningCosmos atrosanguineus in Wikipedia, native to Mexico, extinct in the wild.