Paul & Suzie Beckwith wrote:

Hi all,

Newbie here, usually I can be found on rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
but hubby and I are foraying out into the jungle that is our garden,
and would like to start asking questions if we may...

We bought a couple of chocolate cosmos plants from a garden centre a
little while ago, currently they are still in their pots while we
battle against the 45 foot x 8 foot nettle patch we laughingly call a
garden. The label says nothing apart from the fact they are chocolate
cosmos - or cosmos chocolate, depending on which way you read it...

We seem to remember seeing chocolate smelling plants being advertised
somewhere, and I'm sure one of the myriad gardening programmes we have
on cable touched on them some time, but we don't quite know what to do
with them. They smell wonderful, and keep throwing out new flowers,
and we really don't want to kill them off...


Get ye onto google www.google.co.uk, learn to use it and keep it as one
of your best gardening tools!-)
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Google Search: Chocolate scented plants
http://www.google.com/search?client=...scented%20plan
ts
Saturday, August 2, 2003

http://www.google.com/search?client=...0scented%20pla
nts

Is a good start

The list below is good but does not contain Akebia Quinata (Chocolate
Vine / Five-Leaf Akebia)

Only 2 that I have out of the list below are a mint and perlagonium..
(One of the scented leaf cultivars)

Enjoy!-)

//
Jim


http://www.tropicalesque.com/pg_pere...a_quinata.html
Saturday, August 2, 2003

ABOUT AKEBIA QUINATA
Akebia quinata is a twining woody vine and a vigorous climber. Its dense
green foliage is divided into groups of five leaves. Its flowers, which
appear in spring, are small and can be obscured by the foliage. They are
chocolate-scented, hence the common name. The flowers of the species are
purple, but can vary by cultivar. Akebia quinata 'Shirobana' has white
flowers that are supposedly more fragrant than the species.
The chocolate vine is deciduous in cold climates, but can be
semi-evergreen to evergreen in warmer areas. It is a good choice for a
vertical foliage accent in moderately shaded locations
EnglishGarden.LifeTips.com
http://englishgarden.lifetips.com/Ti...__id__E__67234
Saturday, August 2, 2003

Great Choices For Chocolate Scents
Do you want to grow chocolate scented plants? Here are a few that emit a
chocolate fragrance.
Hoya (certain ones)
Chocolate mint
Chocolate cosmos
Chocolate Daisy
Scented geraniums (certain ones)