Cosmos atrosanguineus Cherry Chocolate ='Vg001'

Common name: Chocolate Cosmos 'Cherry Chocolate'

Description: This captivating cultivar offers a unique combination of rich dark cherry-red blooms with the legendary chocolate scent that makes Cosmos atrosanguineus so beloved. Throughout summer and into autumn, elegant single flowers appear on slender stems, each bloom releasing a genuine chocolate aroma on warm days that is quite unlike any other garden plant. The velvety, deep cherry-red petals are darker towards the centre, creating depth and richness, whilst the chocolate fragrance is most pronounced in warm sunshine. The dahlia-like tuberous roots produce fresh growth each spring, and the plant flowers continuously over a long season. This is an outstanding choice for containers, cutting gardens, or the front of sunny borders where the intoxicating scent can be fully appreciated. The flowers are excellent for cutting and bringing the chocolate fragrance indoors.

Other benefits: chocolate-scented flowers, long flowering season, excellent for cutting, attracts pollinators, unique fragrance

Wildlife attraction: bees, butterflies, pollinators

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.6m x 0.4m

Position: full sun essential for best flowering and scent

Soil pH: adaptable to most soils; performs well in neutral to slightly alkaline conditions

Moisture: moderate watering required; prefers well-drained soil; protect tubers from winter wet

Winter hardiness: hardy to -5°C; tubers benefit from winter mulch or lifting in cold areas