Cosmos atrosanguineus | Hot Chocolate Katie Smyth By Erin Benzakein with Julie

By Erin Benzakein with Julie Jorgensen & Julie Chai | Photographs Chris Benzakein

all through spring and summer

Perennial | Hardy - not frost tender

but well-drained soils

heart-shaped flowers with deeply cut

Cosmos atrosanguineus | Hot Chocolate Katie Smyth By Erin Benzakein with JulieHeavenly scented Chocolate cosmos is absolutely gorgeous and is a must have at the front of your perennial border, where you can brush past it or bend down and sniff its rich chocolatey scent. It will grow into a substantial clump over time. Tall dark stems are topped with deep burgundy chocolate flowers which smell just like rich dark chocolate from mid summer through to autumn. Beautiful in a vase on their own, or with other summer flowers. It grows