Chocolate Plant (Pseuderanthemum alatum): Striking Foliage for Shade

Chocolate plant is a tropical perennial grown for its stunning, glossy, deep chocolate-burgundy leaves with silver-green markings. It forms an upright, bushy clump and produces small, white, tubular flowers with purple spots. The foliage color is most intense in shade.

Botanical Profile

Native to Mexico and Central America, this plant thrives in warm, humid conditions, partial to full shade, and rich, moist soil. It's frost-tender, grown as an annual or houseplant in cooler zones. Excellent for adding dramatic foliage color to shaded borders and containers.