Chocolate Cosmos

This time of the year all plants are showing off their beautiful flowers.

CHOCOLATE COSMOS

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The alluring, strong chocolate fragrance of this sunloving, bushy perennial is intriguing! From midsummer into fall these velvety, deep burgundy, 1 ½ to 2″ flowers bloom for weeks atop slender 10-15″ tall stems. Superb as a container plant; outstanding as a cut flower.

http://www.michiganbulb.com/product/Chocolate_Cosmos/Other_Sun_Perennials?p=0838206&utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=IDS_Products&utm_term=Chocolate%20Cosmos&CAPCID=3588670165&CA_6C15C=120013880000143146

JOCKEY CAP

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Tigridia pavonia

Common Name: Jockey Caps. Sword-shaped, ribbed leaves. Triangular shaped flowers of White, Red, Rose or Yellow – with many colour combinations inbetween!http://www.egmontseeds.co.nz/flowers/tigridia-jockey-caps-modern-hybrids

FUCHSIAS 

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Fuchsia fans know how much fun it is to pot up a small plant and watch it grow in just a few weeks, into a stunning plant with flowers that resemble tiny ballerinas dancing down the sides of a hanging basket, or standard, or bush.
Luckily for fuchsia novices, this joy requires very little skill or hard work.

http://gardens.co.nz/Articles.cfm?NLID=125