|
Name |
Cold/Heat
Zones |
Height/Width |
Comments |
|
Bearded iris
Iris ‘Superstition’ |
3 to 9/
9 to 1 |
30 to 36
in./
18 in. |
Perennial
with purple-black flowers; late-spring bloom; easy to grow; full
sun; well-drained soil |
|
Black iris
Iris chrysographes |
3 to 9/
9 to 1 |
24 in./10
in. |
Hardy bulb
with velvety ebony-black flowers in June; swordlike green
foliage; full sun to part shade |
|
Black or
chocolate cosmos
Cosmos atrosanguineus |
7 to 10/
10 to 1 |
30 in./18
in. |
Perennial;
velvety maroon-black flowers in midsummer to autumn; flowers
lightly chocolate scented; full sun; well-drained soil |
|
Clematis
Clematis
‘Romantika’ |
4 to 9/
9 to 1 |
8 to 10 ft./
3 to
4 ft. |
Vine; large
purple-black flowers; pruning group 3; flowers midsummer; sun to
part shade |
|
Dahlia
Dahlia ‘Arabian
Night’ |
8 to 11/
12 to 1 |
36 in./24
in. |
Tender
tuber, dig and store for winter in cold climates; dinner plate
blooms of maroon-black; full sun; well-drained soil |
|
Daylily
Hemerocallis
‘Starling’ |
3 to 9/
9 to 1 |
26 to 30
in./
24 in. |
Perennial;
velvety deep-chocolate and mahogany-black blend with a golden
throat; 6-in.-wide blooms in June and July; full sun;
well-drained soil |
|
Fritillaria
Fritillaria persica |
6 to 8/
8 to 1 |
3 ft./6 in. |
Bulbous
perennial with tall stems; burgundy-black flowers in spring; sun
to part shade |
|
Geranium
Geranium
phaeum ‘Samobor’ |
3 to 8/
8 to 1 |
14 to 16
in./
14 to 18 in. |
Perennial
with maroon-black flowers in May and June; leaves marked with
brown blotch |
|
Nemophila
Nemophila
menziesii ‘Pennie
Black’ |
Annual/
12 to 1 |
12 in./10
in. |
Annual;
five-petaled purple-black flowers with a scalloped edge of
white; sow seed directly in early spring; full sun to part shade |
|
Pincushion
flower
Scabiosa atropurpurea
‘Ace
of Spades’ |
Annual/
12 to 1 |
24 to 36
in./
15 to 18 in. |
Annual;
pincushionlike purple-black flowers; sow seed directly in early
spring; flowers in summer; good cut flower; full sun |
|
Sweet
William
Dianthus barbatus nigrescens
‘Sooty’ |
4 to 10/
10 to 1 |
15 in./12
in. |
Perennial;
maroon-chocolate flowers on red stems; fragrant, early summer
blooms; full sun to part shade; well-drained soil |
|
Whipple's
beardtongue
Penstemon
whippleanus |
4 to 8/
8 to 1 |
2 ft./1 ft. |
Perennial;
clusters of black flowers open in late July to early August;
full sun; well-drained, slightly alkaline soil |
