Cosmos 'Chocolate Cosmos'

Cosmos 'Chocolate Cosmos'The standard form of Chocolate Cosmos grows to a height of 2 3, Coco Chanel is a recent intro that has a compact bushy habit and grows to a manageable height of 18, adding a bit of tasty fun to the garden bed! Delicious chocolate brown flowers top the mounded green foliage. The flowers have a delicate chocolate fragrance that becomes more noticeable at dusk. Blooms all summer. Full sun.

slightly acidic soils that are rich in organic matter in part shade to full shade

then continue off and on

Blooming in late spring with a profusion of flower spikes

Height: 6-10 Feet

seasonal color

We're particularly fond of the established plant that grows on an old stone wellhead at the nursery (shown in photo) that's over 10 years old

low-growing

adding a bit of tasty fun to the garden bed

its fine needles turn to blue-green as they mature

this is a richly decorative plant whose leaves are elegantly striped in a pattern that begins nearly lemon yellow and fades to creamy white

Pinus strobus

Rhododendron 'Tangerine Delight' has dense branching