There are fragrant flowers, and there are edible flowers, but what about flowers that smell like something everyone loves to eat? If the notion of chocolate scented flowers surprises you or causes doubt, it shouldn’t: after all, what is chocolate but the product of a tropical plant? No perfumer can replicate the exact fragrance profile of chocolate the way nature can, so consider planting one or more of these chocolate-scented flowering plants in your garden.
Carolina Allspice
Type: Shrub
Zone: 4-9
Height: 6-10 feet
Bloom Time: Spring and summer
Color: Burgundy
Exposure: Full to partial sun
Columbine ‘Chocolate Soldier’
Zone: 4-9
Height: 6-10 feet
Bloom Time: Spring and summer
Color: Burgundy
Exposure: Full to partial sun
Columbine ‘Chocolate Soldier’
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 12 inches
Bloom Time: Spring
Color: Deepest maroon, almost black
Exposure: Partial sun
Chocolate Daisy
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 12 inches
Bloom Time: Spring
Color: Deepest maroon, almost black
Exposure: Partial sun
Chocolate Daisy
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Zone: 4-10
Height: 1-2 feet
Bloom Time: Spring through fall
Color: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Chocolate Vine
Zone: 4-10
Height: 1-2 feet
Bloom Time: Spring through fall
Color: Yellow
Exposure: Full Sun
Chocolate Vine
Type: Perennial vine
Zone: 4-8
Height: 20-40 feet
Bloom Time: Early spring
Color: Purple, rose, or white
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Cosmos ‘Chocolate’
Zone: 4-8
Height: 20-40 feet
Bloom Time: Early spring
Color: Purple, rose, or white
Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
Cosmos ‘Chocolate’
Type: Tender perennial
Zone: 7-9
Height: 2-3 feet
Bloom Time: Summer
Color: Dark brown
Exposure: Full sun
Oncidium Orchid ‘Sharry Baby’
Zone: 7-9
Height: 2-3 feet
Bloom Time: Summer
Color: Dark brown
Exposure: Full sun
Oncidium Orchid ‘Sharry Baby’
Type: Tropical houseplant
Zone: 11
Height: 2 feet
Bloom Time: Fall
Color: Burgundy
Exposure: Indirect light
Zone: 11
Height: 2 feet
Bloom Time: Fall
Color: Burgundy
Exposure: Indirect light