The Chocolate Scented Garden

I had a board devoted to fragrant plants,but felt that Chocolate scented plants were so grand that they deserved their own board! Other Chocolate- loving gardeners will understand-as will children(candy scented plants make instant good sense to them!)In fact,you may want to plant a chocolate-scented garden with your kids or grandkids.Some of the chocolate scented plants are edible(my son loves the chocolate mint.)Or just plant it for yourself-the scent of chocolate brings down blood pressure & reduces anxiety.It may have such an effect because most of us associate it with happy times in childhood;Easter,Christmas,Valentines day,hot cups of Cocoa with Marshmallows on cold wintery days..ah,now I want some chocolate!:)

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a purple plant in the middle of some dirt

Small House Landscaping

Small Ornamental Trees

Chocolate Mimosa Tree Care: Tips On Growing Chocolate Mimosa Trees

Chocolate Mimosa is simply old fashioned Southern Mimosa in a new dress.The flowers are still sweetly fragrant-but not of chocolate. It is the lovely foliage that gives this cultivar its name;"Chocolate Mimosa".Mimosas are easily grown from seed,& can make adorable bonsais & standards, if you haven't the room for a full sized Chocolate Garden tree.The following article about Chocolate Mimosa is an interesting one.

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Portulaca Grandiflora

Night Blooming Flowers

Chocolate Scented Daisy: Tips For Growing Chocolate Flower Plants

Growing chocolate flower plants in the garden sends the scent of chocolate wafting through the air. Read this article to learn how to grow Berlandiera chocolate flowers in your garden.

two red flowers with green leaves in the background

Cosmos Plant

Garden Front Of House

Caring For Chocolate Cosmos Plants: Growing Chocolate Cosmos Flowers

Chocolate isn’t just for the kitchen, it’s also for the garden, especially a chocolate one. Growing chocolate cosmos flowers will delight any chocolate lover. This article had information on its care in the garden. Click here to learn more.

green leaves are growing in a potted plant

Chocolate Garden Plants: Creating A Garden With Plants That Smell Like Chocolate

Chocolate gardens are a delight to the senses, perfect for gardeners who enjoy the taste, color and smell of chocolate. Read here to learn more about how to grow a chocolate themed garden.

white flowers with yellow centers blooming in the sun

PlantFiles Pictures: Montanoa Species, Daisy Tree, Teresita, Tree Daisy (Montanoa grandiflora) by AnniesAnnuals

Montanoa grandflora-The tree-daisy that smells like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies! Kartuz Nursery, & Annies Annuals are both nurseries that carry Tree daisies, as may Top Tropicals. Image found on Daves Gardens Plant Files on Montanoa grandiflora

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Pom Pom Chrysanthemum

Montanoa grandiflora-According to Top tropicals,this flower smells like chocolate-or a freshly baked cookie-prehaps a chocolate chip cookie?Now I want one!It sounds wonderful- its also called Chrysanthemum Tree-the thought of a tree or bush covered with these big pom-pom flowers is very appealing!These Full Luna-like white flowers would also be great for a Moon Garden!Top Tropicals has them for sale.I will see if there are any seed sources for folks further away.T.Tropicals does do mail order-bu

a white flowered arch in the middle of a garden

Clematis montana var. wilsonii

Clematis montana var.Wilsonii -Has an incredibly sweet chocolate perfume.Why not place it on an arbor atop a porch swing in which you may survey your garden domain-& enjoy the fruits of your labors.Gardens are best enjoyed at leisure.This requires a comfortable place to sit, dream, prehaps even read if there are no hungry little varmints to force you into the slap-happy Mosquito Warding Pantomime!

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Martha Stewart

This sweet San Francisco garden has a hillside swing used to best advantage for the view. Imagine now how lovely this might be as a vantage point to enjoy a fragrance garden-be it a Chocolate-scented Garden, a Moon Garden full of sweet scented nocturnal plants-or simply an herb garden! I would live in this swing! Imagine watching the heavens-whether sun rise, set, or moonrise-from this garden throne.With either mug of coffee or glass of wine, as you prefer..oh MY!

PlantFiles: Clematis, Montana Clematis, Early Small-flowered Clematis

Clematis 'Elizabeth'-a classic Clematis montana cultivar developed in 1958, it has blossoms variously described as either 'chocolate'-scented-or 'vanilla'scented.If it would flourish this far South, I'd grow it in a heartbeat! Just imagine how sweet it would be to gently rock in a porch swing, shaded by a trellis laden with sweet Elizabeth Clematis blooms! Photo by SabraKhan

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Pelargonium Tomentosum

PlantFiles: Pelargonium, Peppermint-Scented Geranium, Storksbill

Daves Garden Plant Files for fragrant geranium "Chocolate Mint (Pelargonium tomentosum)-photo by Calif_Sue Chocolate Mint-Beautifully marked velvety, leaves with a minty fragrance-& if you're lucky, you might be blessed with charming little lavender flowers whose form & markings somehow bring to mind certain wild Viola rosea species..just incomparably lovely-& useful too! Can be used in baking, medicinally, cosmetically (lovely scent for perfumes or aftershave! )