{"title":"Chocolate Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe have scoured our plant catalog to assemble a group of perennials that relate somehow to chocolate and can be grown in a temperate chocolate garden. The real chocolate plant, Theobroma cacao, is tropical, so unfortunately does not make our list. Neither does the plant from which carob is made, Ceratonia siliqua. It is a little more cold hardy, but still can only be grown in the same areas as citrus trees. Too bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere are a few cold hardy perennials that actually smell like chocolate and are perfect for the chocolate garden. Two that we occasionally grow here at PDN are Berlandiera and Verbesina microptera. Berlandiera flowers appear in summer and smell like rich milk chocolate, especially in the morning. Berlandiera is a small, cute perennial with yellow, daisy-like flowers. Verbesina flowers appear late in fall and smell exactly like chocolate Tootsie Rolls. They too, are yellow, but the flowers are flattened corymbs similar to queen anne's lace. Verbesina is a large woody shrub that tops out at about 15 feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the plants in our chocolate garden list are there because they have flowers or leaves with a chocolate brown color. This may sound like a strange color for a garden, but these plants look very nice planted together and will complement light colored plants nicely. \u003ca title=\"Check out all of our Amorphophallus for sale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/amorphophallus-corpse-flower\"\u003eAmorphophallus\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"Shop more of our Arisaema\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/arisaema-jack-in-the-pulpit-cobra-lily\"\u003eArisaema\u003c\/a\u003e have plenty of chocolate colored members. So do \u003ca title=\"See more Canna\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/canna-bulbs-for-sale-canna-lilies-plants\"\u003eCanna\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"See all of our Colocasia for sale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/colocasia-elephant-ear-bulb\"\u003eColocasia\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"See our collection of Dahlia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/dahlia\"\u003eDahlia\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Shop our collection of Heuchera\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/coral-bells-heuchera-varieties\"\u003eHeuchera\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca title=\"Check out our Manfreda\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/manfreda\"\u003eManfreda\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, there are plants with chocolatey names like 'Chocolate Chips' (Manfreda, Baptisia), 'Dutch Chocolate' (\u003ca title=\"See more Baptisia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/baptisia-australis-false-indigo\"\u003eBaptisia\u003c\/a\u003e), 'Chocolatte' (\u003ca title=\"Epimedium collection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/epimedium\"\u003eEpimedium\u003c\/a\u003e) and 'Persian Chocolate' (Lysimachia). We are rotate plants into and out of our catalog, so bookmark this page and check back to see when chocolate garden plants return such as Eupatorium 'Chocolate', Geranium 'Chocolate Candy', Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles' and 'Chocolate Veil', Persicaria 'Chocolate Dragon', Rodgersia 'Chocolate Wings', or \u003ca title=\"Tiarella\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/tiarella-foam-flower\"\u003eTiarella\u003c\/a\u003e 'Mint Chocolate'.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to go all the way, you can sometimes find mulch made from cocoa hulls for your chocolate garden. It smells just like chocolate, but the scent only lasts for a few weeks. If you are familiar with the internet sensation, Tay Zonday, you might be able to arrange for some Chocolate Rain in your garden, too. Good luck! When you are ready to buy chocolate garden plants, check out our online list of chocolate garden plants for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ajuga-pyramidalis-metallica-crispa-purpurea","title":"Ajuga pyramidalis Metallica Crispa Purpurea","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Ajuga 'Mini Crisp Red') This very cute, slow-growing ajuga forms tight rosettes of deep purple, crinkled, spinach-like leaves, eventually making a 3\" tall x 1' wide patch in 3 years. Ajuga 'Metallica Crispa Purpurea' is great used in masses in a well-drained rockery or in a special sunny spot in the garden where, in late spring, the patches are topped with 6\" stalks of tiny purple-blue flowers. 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Spreading slowly by rhizomes, a single plant of Ophiopogon 'Kokuryu' will make a nice 18\" wide mat in 3 years. For quicker coverage, we plant on 10-12\" centers. Black mondo grass is an easy-to-grow groundcover that makes a fabulous backdrop for blues, golds and good imaginations...do you have a dream?\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21000528773,"sku":"721","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Ophiopogon-planiscapus-Kokuryu.i-721.s-68534.r-1_1b1dd546-9a3c-4737-9cbe-23a04e847d88.jpg?v=1791902352"},{"product_id":"hibiscus-midnight-marvel-pp-24079","title":"Hibiscus Midnight Marvel PP 24079","description":"\u003cp\u003eHibiscus 'Midnight Marvel' is a 2012 release from our friends at Walters Gardens, which was the darkest purple foliage we'd seen on a hardy hibiscus to that point. Combine this amazing foliage with 8\" wide, fire engine red flowers from June through September and you've got what we affectionately term a \"wow\" plant. This selection makes a 5'+ tall specimen that prefers moist soils but adapts well to all but the driest of garden conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHardy hibiscus are a very low maintenance perennial provided they are growing in the proper conditions. When the plants go dormant in winter, the stalks remain upright and sturdy. We prefer to leave them to give birds a place to perch. The structure also helps the garden remain much more interesting in winter than a flat carpet of brown mulch.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHibiscus sawfly is the #1 pest of most hibiscus, causing skeletonized leaves. These can be treated with a Spinosad spray, which is a natural, bacteria-based organic insecticide.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHibiscus grow naturally in standing shallow water, although they are quite drought tolerant for short period. The drier the soil, the more the plants will be stressed, which increases the severity of insect damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePerennial hardy hibiscus add an upright garden form to the garden, as well as summer flowering when many spring perennials have finished flowering or gone dormant.Also, there are few plants with such a floral show that tolerates wet soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Impacts:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBees are the primarily pollinators of all of the herbaceous, hardy hibiscus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001355333,"sku":"1781","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Hibiscus-Midnight-Marvel-PP-24079.i-1781.s-62730.r-1_3c2b0775-c490-41c4-af34-101b903d2e0a.jpg?v=1791287192"},{"product_id":"eucomis-comosa-sparkling-burgundy","title":"Eucomis comosa Sparkling Burgundy","description":"\u003cp\u003eEucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy' is a dramatic, purple-foliaged \u003ca title=\"pineapple lily\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/eucomis-pineapple-lily\"\u003epineapple lily\u003c\/a\u003e we selected as a seedling in 1983, which later became a 1997 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction. It is still one of the most talked-about plants in our garden, and one that has enjoyed massive worldwide popularity. Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy' is a dramatic accent plant, composed of 2' tall, upright strap-like dark burgundy leaves. In late summer, the clump produces a 20\" tall bloom stalk resembling a miniature purple pineapple...very cool! Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy' is very easy to grow and tolerates a wide range of garden abuses. In cooler climates, it adds great color to mixed planters!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001380037,"sku":"1796","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Eucomis-comosa-Sparkling-Burgundy.i-1796.s-65675.r-1_820b5b77-9dab-4342-b2b2-bae87d25f4d4.jpg?v=1791818811"},{"product_id":"colocasia-esculenta-black-magic","title":"Colocasia esculenta Black Magic","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Colocasia 'Jet Black Wonder') Colocasia 'Black Magic' was discovered in the wilds of the Philippines as a dark sport in an all green patch by collectors from a Queensland, Australia botanical garden. They subsequently shared plants with California's Walter Pagels, who first introduced Colocasia 'Black Magic' to the US. Colocasia 'Black Magic' is a four exclamation point plant with dusty, solid purple-black, 2' long, spectacular leaves...especially great for designers who love purples and blacks! Colocasia 'Black Magic' makes a giant clump to 5-6' tall with a similar spread. When grown in plenty of sun in climates with warm summers, Colocasia 'Black Magic' should survive 0 degrees F. The tubers eventually rise to the soil surface and must be reset deeper every couple of years to ensure winter survival.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001391429,"sku":"1818","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Colocasia-esculenta-Black-Magic.i-1818.s-15920.r-1_e673f633-3450-41f1-9a71-d7d3184fd1d1.jpg?v=1792421006"},{"product_id":"arisaema-fargesii","title":"Arisaema fargesii","description":"\u003cp\u003eArisaema fargesii is a Chinese cobra lily, discovered by French plant explorer Pere Farges in the early 1900s, that turned out to be one of the easiest to grow and most spectacular cobra lily species in our collection. In late spring the giant, glossy green, trifoliate leaves (similar to Arisaema candidissimum) emerge from the nicely offsetting tubers. Alongside the leaves emerge the flower stalks, each topped with a large wine-red spathe with dramatic white striping. The tip of the spathe ends in a narrow, congested, alien-like red thread. From inside the inflorescence of Arisaema fargesii emerges the spadix, resembling a tiny red lizard peeking out of the pitcher...an absolutely stunning aroid! Dry to average moisture soils work great. For us, it goes summer dormant by early August.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025160453,"sku":"3126","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Arisaema-fargesii.i-3126.s-68258.r-1_cb58984b-4749-46d4-8de6-143a1f667435.jpg?v=1789136164"},{"product_id":"dahlia-yellow-hammer","title":"Dahlia Yellow Hammer","description":"I remember exactly where I was when my Dahlia 'Yellow Hammer' first flowered...we tend to do that with really important events. Yes, I was standing in my garden looking at my Dahlia 'Yellow Hammer'. It was indeed a memorable sight, the dark black of the night, I mean...of the foliage and the stunning single flower, opening a butterscotch-yellow (RHS 163A)...did someone mention scotch? Sorry, butterscotch-yellow with orange streaks...that might be the scotch and not the flower. For us, Dahlia 'Yellow Hammer' flowers from early summer until fall, taking time to rest only in the hottest of weather. 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The biggest difference, however, is the black, snake-like runners creeping along the ground, pegging into moist soil every few inches and sending up another plant. 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Black Scallop bugleweed acts like a typical ploidy mutant (additional sets of chromosomes) with larger, darker purple leaves and flowers than its parent, as well as better disease tolerance. The heat-tolerant dense mat of crinkled, glossy purple foliage is topped in late spring with stunning stalks of blue-purple flowers. Ajuga seeding around is a terrible problem for us with some cultivars, but we have never encountered a single seedling. Tired of mulching? Put this attractive ajuga to work in your garden as a living mulch. Average to slightly moist soils are best.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAjuga is a maintenance free perennial. Planted in the right conditions, it should never need any maintenance. 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