Chocolate Cosmos Flower Smell

Excellent as a flowering vegetable garden companion the dark brown flowers appear at the height of summer and are marvelously drought resistant.

Chocolate cosmos flower smell. The plants grow 24 30 tall and have an upright but spreading habit with wiry stems. It is a drought tolerant plant and easy to grow. The flowers are red to maroon brown with a center raised area. Lace cosmos flower is one of the most beautiful and most popular species of this flower.

Cosmos flower s leaves come in a couple of shapes pinnate bipinnate and simple and each pair of leaves is arranged oppositely. The plant has a dark chocolate fragrance that becomes more noticeable as the day wears on. The daisy like flowers of chocolate cosmos measure 1 across and are very attracive to butterflies. Its lobed leaves and dark maroon flowers with velvety petals emerge from tubers that resemble fingerling potatoes.

You can expect a chocolate scent to be the strongest in the early evening after a warm summer day. Chocolate cosmos adorn itself with amazing deep brown or chocolate colored flowers that emit a smell of rich chocolate. Avoid overwatering or overfeeding chocolate cosmos. Chocolate cosmos is an herbaceous perennial hailing from mexico.

Chocolate cosmos cosmos atrosanguineus is a perennial plant with a fleshy tuberous root. It enjoys a rich moist soil and is hardy warm temperate and subtropical climates under usda zones 8 to 10. Their vanilla chocolate scent is most pronounced on warm sunny days.