Our only chocolate house plant and what a treat!  Just don't put it in your bedroom or you will dream of chocolate all night.  This is a very special orchid and it has the added benefit of being one of the easier orchids to grow so you can be bold and go for it!  Of all our chocolate scented offerings, Sharry Baby is one of the most chocolate scented plants.  You will be happy to have her in your home.  Trust me! 

We ship the chocolate orchid year-round.  Price includes expedited delivery direct from our partner orchid grower via Priority Mail.  Orchids are only shipped on Mondays to ensure delivery before the weekend.  Occasionally the weather is too cold to ship via mail and expedited delivery is necessary, but it is more expensive.  We will contact you if this applies to your order and let you know the shipping cost so that you can decide if you want to proceed with the order.

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Lacy, dark foliage creates an aura of mystery in your garden from spring through fall. Late in the season, wands of white flowers appear, standing 2 feet above the leaves on deep-purple stems. Blooms radiate an enticing sweet fragrance. 4-5' tall.  Sun to part shade, Zones 5-9.  D-3 pot size

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A large, elegant plant with lacy black foliage topped with fragrant white flowers in the fall.  An outstanding perennial for shade or a partially shaded situation, in moist, humus soil. 5'.  tall.  Zone 4-9. 

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A large, elegant plant with dark, almost black, fern-like foliage. Set with tall spires of white bottle-brush blooms in early fall. Fragrant.  An outstanding perennial for a partially shaded situation, in moist, humus soil. (5-6').  Zone 4-9.  4" pot size

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Everyone that sees this in our gardens wants it.  Deep, dark maroon flowers so dark they almost look black.  An heirloom hollyhock that was grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello.  Biennial, 6' tall, Sun.  Zones 3-9.

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A WOW! plant.  Large black-purple flower heads emerge on the black-purple stocks in mid-summer.  A major bee attraction and a plant that adds drama and elegance to the garden.  Biennial. Zone 4-10.  Sun to Part Shade.  4'-6' tall.   Will bloom next year.

Stylish and elegant, producing many stems of spurless double pompon flowers in a soft lime green to white. With blue-green foliage and a clump forming habit over which the nodding flowers are produced. Great for late spring to early summer color. Grows to a height of 36in.  4" Pot size.

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An exceptional Aquilegia with bright golden yellow spring foliage, which later changes to deeper, orange-bronze, ensuring an invigorating contrast with deep violet blooms. 24" tall. Sun to Part Shade. Zones 3-10.  Deep 3" pot.

From seeds imported from England in 2005, this spectacular columbine is the "little black dress" of Columbines... elegant & simple, yet quite rare.   

Unusual maroon-brown flowers over a low mound of ferny light-green foliage with a sweet fragrance.  Excellent for cutting. Zone 3-10. Sun/Part Shade. Height 12".  3" pots.

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Beautiful dark purple to black Grannies Bonnet old fashioned style columbine that makes a great cut flower.  Sun to part shade.  Zones 3-9. 

Sold Out - one bloomed here at the nursery and they all were snatched up immediately.  We will have more next spring - don't miss out then!

I must confess to have fallen in love with this little character!  Yes, it is expensive but it is the most exquisite and best known (and most chocolate) of the Japanese arisaemas. The inflorescence is distinctive with its dark maroon/black hooded spathe and pestle-shaped, pure white spadix. Grow in fertile, leafy, slightly acid soil in dappled shade. Height 16-20in.   Hardy - mulch well.

A beautiful plant from New Zealand with completely silver flax-like foliage. Looks great grown in combination with dark plants such as Phormium 'Platt's Black'. Also makes a great pot plant.   Grows to 3 feet.  Prefers a full sun to part shade position and it requires excellent drainage. Zone 8-9.  D4 Size

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A new Astelia in Chocolate!  Similar to A. Silver Spear but with brushed chocolate coloring on the leaves.. Gorgeous!  Requires very well drained soil, zones 8-9 (no you should not order it if you live in Minnesota!).  Sun to pt shade.  D4 Pots (4" diameter x 6" deep).

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Moulin Rouge is a new introduction and is one of the darkest Astrantias with very dark red flowers surrounded by nearly black bracts. An excellent filler plant for a moist area in sun or part shade.  Zone3-9. Full Sun/Part Shade. 16-18" tall, 18-24" spread. 

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Berlandiera lyrata wins the award for the best chocolate smell of all.  A night bloomer, the flowers offer up their cocoa scent in the morning and drop their yellow petals each day.    Zone 4-10. Full Sun. Height 12".   4" pots.

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Beautiful large mauve bells bob on stalks that rise up 15" from the 5" tall dark foliage.  This lovely Campanula from Japan is a treasure for it's dark foliage alone but the flower simply captivates all of the visitors to our nursery that see it.  Add to this that it is deer resistant and attracts hummingbirds and how could anyone resist?  Spreads.  Zone 4-9. 

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The darkest and most exotic Canna!  My fave for sure!!  A wonderfully flamboyant and tropical addition to any garden with stunning satiny burgundy foliage with shocking orange flowers.  A great container centerpiece.  3-5 feet tall x 2 feet wide.  Sun.  Has proven hardy for us here in the Northwest.  Rated to zones 8-10.  Dig tubers and store indoors elsewhere (hey! it's worth it!).