PlantFiles: Chocolate Daisy
Berlandiera lyrata

The sweet scent of this flower alone make it worth planting along walkways and under windows. In the morning, the smell of chocolate is absolutely lovely. The flowers are beautiful daisy-like bright yellow with a small stripe of red. A word of caution: the petals of the flowers curl up during the mid-day heat and can cause some people to think the plant has died. (Until they return in the late afternoon in full glory.)

This plant doesn't require extra water and lives happily in my dense clay soil, and has begun volunteering moderately. Yes!

Grow as a Tender Perennial (Zone 8 to 10). Plant these in full sun. Height is less than 2’ and space 1’ apart. Grows upright and becomes very bushy over the summer and has a strong chocolate scent. This plant blooms only in the mornings until noon, then it closes its petals for the rest of the day. The small daisy-like blossoms are bright yellow with reddish stripes or veins on the undersides. The leaves are silvery green. It grows well in full sun, well-drained soil and blooms all summer. Height is 2’ but flops over.

I have not grown this yet but have recently sowed seed. I will report back my results!

Chocolate Daisy Berlandiera lyrata is Native to Texas and other States.

Just love this plant. Reseeds itself. Blooms nearly all season (spring thru summer). Smells devine. Butterflies LOVE it.
Only deterient is that it can get a bit leggy and might need some supports if it gets too tall before falling over.
I have this next to the walkway so I had to use a support so it didn't laydown and cover the walkway. But I love to smell it everyday on the way to the car.

Growing wild in a ditch that was recently scraped clean.
These 2 inch flowers have a delightful chocolate smell in the mornings. They seem to be spreading rapidly, and have been blooming for over a month, starting in late March.

Took me 3 or 4 tries from seed but finally planted out three plants this spring. Planted two in one area,full sun,well draining sandy soil ,one in second bed whch is raised rock garden. Both are pretty lanky but I'm hoping next year they'll come back up in a tighter clump.Flowering since spring with plenty more buds formed for more blooms into the fall.

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Yellow daisy with fragrance of chocolate (stamens produce the scent). Flowers are a quarter-size, vibrant, yellow daisy with striking red striped undersides.

It looks best planted in groups, but is also planted individually. It is tolerant of many conditions. It dies back to the ground in winter and returns with a larger crown each spring.

Blooms at night and the scent is at its best in the early morning. The petals drop as the day progresses.

This plant has been easy to grow for me, and so far I have not had problems with any pests or disease. I go out each morning to take in the smell of chocolate!

Chocolate Daisy is also known as Chocolate Flower. It is native to Mexico and southwestern U.S.

It's named for the fragrance of the flowers. In the morning and sunny weather they have sweet chocolate scent. Seeds are pretty small.