Chocolate Cosmos is perennial that blooms dark red flowers in spring, summer, and fall. Fragrance smells just like chocolate! Use in borders or pots. Full sun, moderate water, cut flower, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
- Landscape Size: 1′-2′ tall, 1′-2′ wide
- Light Requirement: Full Sun
- Water Needs: Moderate
- USDA Zone: 7a
- Growth Habit: Upright, Open
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Attributes: Long Bloom Season, Flowers for Cutting, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Birds, Fragrant
See Green Thumb Guide below for region specific information.
Grows well in a variety of enriched, well draining soils. Dead-head to promote profuse blooms. Feed regularly with an all purpose fertilizer.
These characteristics apply to the greater Sacramento area and nearby regions.
Live outside of our area? Please check with your local cooperative extension for the best growing practices in your neck of the woods
Visit: UC Cooperative Extension Offices(Opens in a new window) (Opens in new window)
Visit: National County Extension Offices(Opens in a new window) (Opens in new window)
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