Chocolate Cosmos Atrosanguineus

Chocolate Cosmos Atrosanguineus

Cosmos atrosanguineus, or Chocolate Cosmos, has such dark maroon flowers that they do occasionally approach the color of a Hershey’s bar, though more the color of dried blood. It is occasionally called Black Cosmos. Even more remarkable, they have a faint scent of chocolate. The chocolatiness is most evident as evening approaches, toward the end of a hot summery day.
The bulk of the foliage clump is about three feet tall, a tangle leaning twards the sun. The wiry stems that uphold each bloom rise from three to four feet high which is well above the foliage, with other blooms lower within the embrace of the foliage.
It begins blooming in May, picks up speed in June, & in July the clump is chock full of bobbling blooms that easily catch a breeze. It will continue to produce blooms through mild early frosts.
As a native of Mexico, Cosmos likes a lot of sun (but some shade in hot climates).
Plant in sunny location in moist well-drained soil.
A well established clump is supposed to be moderately drought tolerant.

Above description and pictures courtesy of Paghat.com

For sale are divisions with one or more growing eyes. They look like a small dahlia tuber.

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