Chocolate Color Flowers add a dark appeal to the garden and also offer a sweet fragrance! Here are the best ones!
Chocolate color flowers may appear brown at the first glance, but look closely, and you will see a hue that looks more like cocoa. These beauties look fantastic against the light or dark green foliage!
Best Chocolate Flowers
1. Chocolate Cosmos
Botanical Name: Cosmos atrosanguineus
USDA Zones: 9-11
These chocolate flowers stand out against the light green leaves and do best in full sunlight. Grow them on a patio for best display.
2. Chocolate Vine
Botanical Name: Akebia quinata
USDA Zones: 4-9
One of the most prefered vines for the warm climates, it grows chocolate color flowers in clusters that also have a mild, chocolate like scent!
3. Chocolate Lily
Botanical Name: Fritillaria biflora
USDA Zones: 6-9
It has a name “chocolate” for a reason and that’s because of the eye-catching hue it offers. The blooms hang downwards, which make them appear like bells.
4. Chocolate Orchid
Botanical Name: Epidendrum nocturnum
USDA Zones: 9-11
Not so popular orchid variety, these flowers match really well with the foliage! The blossoms have a soft, velvety feel to them.
5. Chocolate Sunflower
Botanical Name: Helianthus annuus ‘Chocolate’
USDA Zones: 3-10
Though yellow is what we associate sunflowers with, these chocolate flowers will surely surprise you with their hue! You can create a contrasting display by pairing this with yellow ones!
6. Black Narcissus Dahlia
Botanical Name: Dahlia ‘Black Narcissus’
USDA Zones: 8-11
These chocolate flowers have a mix of maroon and red tint, which makes them appear like someone sprayed melted cocoa on the petals!
7. Hot Cocoa Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa ‘Hot Cocoa’
USDA Zones: 5-9
This one might appear red at the first glance, but the blooms take a chocolate-like hue as they age. It will pair really well with other rose varieties in the garden.
8. Orchid Dahlia
Botanical Name: Dahlia ‘Verrone’s Obsidian’
USDA Zones: 8-11
This has to be the most realistic chocolate flower on this list and the reason why it stands out is the yellow centre!
9. Dutch Chocolate Iris
Botanical Name: Iris ‘Dutch Chocolate’
USDA Zones: 3-10
These chocolate color flowers have ruffled petals that also have a subtle hint of yellow towards the end. It also offers a very mild fragrance.
10. Karma Choc Dahlia
Botanical Name: Dahlia ‘Karma Choc’
USDA Zones: 3-10
With leaves to match the chocolate flowers, this plant needs to be in every garden, thanks to to rich hue it offers! Give it plenty of bright, indirect light.
11. Cali Night Orchid
Botanical Name: Cymbidium Cali Night ‘Geyserland’
USDA Zones: 9-10
Another chocolate orchid on the list, this one offers flowers that have a maroon tint to them. It does the best in controlled environment and may not be good for garden growing.
12. Angel Amber Kiss Pansy
Botanical Name: Viola cornuta
USDA Zones: 6-11
These chocolate-like flowers have a mix of light brown hue, which makes them have a tint like no other blooms out there! You got to have this one in your collection.
13. Japanese Arisaema
Botanical Name: Arisaema sikokianum
USDA Zones: 5-9
These chocolate color flowers are a native to Japan and have a quirky shape, which may even make you believe that these are trap blooms of some sort!
14. Chocolate Smoke Nicotiana
Botanical Name: Nicotiana ‘Chocolate Smoke’
USDA Zones: 9-11
If they have ‘chocolate’ in their names, then they surely mean business! These flowers add a beautiful contrast with their leaves in the garden settings.
15. Summerina Brown Echibeckia
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia x echinacea
USDA Zones: 7-9
This is not that popular variety of rudbeckia, but it is surely the one you must have in your yard. The chocolate-like petals have a mix of dark and light brown hue to them.
16. Carolina Allspice
Botanical Name: Calycanthus floridus
USDA Zones: 5-10
The deep maroon hue of these flowers make them look like chocolate-like from a distance. They also have a sweet fragrance to match!
17. Absalon Tulip
Botanical Name: Tulipa ‘Absalon’
USDA Zones: 3-8
Tulip lovers rejoice! There’s a variety that looks like chocolate with beautiful yellow swirls. Plant them in groups for that fantastic garden display!
18. Tropicanna Black Canna Lily
Botanical Name: Canna × generalis ‘Tropicanna Black’
USDA Zones: 7-11
The red-maroon flowers of this plant may not have that chocolate hue, but its leaves will surely make you grow it as they look very chocolaty!
19. Sweet Hot Chocolate Daylily
Botanical Name: Hemerocallis ‘Sweet Hot Chocolate’
USDA Zones: 3-9
The chocolate like flowers of this plant have a mix of pink and purple to them. These do well in indirect sunlight and high humidity environments.
20. Heart Attack Dianthus
Botanical Name: Dianthus barbatus ‘Heart Attack’
USDA Zones: 3-8
Well, the name might make you think twice, the flowers will surely give you a mini heart attack in a positive sense, thanks to their rich hue!
21. Black Knight Pincushion
Botanical Name: Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Black Knight’
USDA Zones: 3-9
The last on the list of chocolate color flowers looks like a dark cocoa one. For the best hue, make sure it gets a minimum of 3-5 hours of direct sun exposure every day.
