Learn how to grow and care for chocolate cosmos, from starting seeds and transplants to overwintering. Get to know the ideal ...

Description: Chocolate cosmos is an herbaceous perennial hailing from Mexico. Its lobed leaves and dark maroon flowers with velvety petals emerge from tubers that resemble fingerling potatoes.

M.B.: If you crave chocolate, give in to your instincts and buy another chocolate cosmos now because this perennial tends to sell out at the nurseries later on in the spring. I suspect your plant from ...

Typically, most bulbs you plant in your home garden (including favorites like tulips, daffodils, and crocus flowers) need to be placed in the soil before the first frost in order to guarantee blooms ...

coming up, thoughts naturally turn to chocolate. How nice it would be for gardeners to give their beloved a living, growing, chocolate expression of affection. Alas, chocolate, native to steamy ...

Thoughts naturally turn to chocolate as Valentine's Day approaches. How nice it would be for gardeners to give their beloved a living, growing, chocolate expression of affection. Alas, chocolate, ...

Not only are all types of cosmos easy and inexpensive to grow, they produce an abundance of pretty, daisy-like flowers that can be cut for the vase during summer and early fall. They are native to ...

A flower that smells like dessert might have more than one delightful surprise for your garden if you want to attract hummingbirds. While many gardeners focus on the color of red flowers to attract ...