UNSPSC 10226020: Live chocolate cosmos

Live plant including the root ball of cosmos chocolate flowers

UNSPSC 10226020 Live chocolate cosmos, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes ornamental flowering plants in the chocolate cosmos genus, yet the recent opportunities tagged under it encompass a substantially broader scope: IT and low-voltage infrastructure installation, landscape and irrigation design and installation along roadways, coastal dune restoration with native plantings, environmental monitoring and wetland management services, and general plant procurement. Only one of the five recent opportunities—the City of Dallas's January 2026 informal solicitation for plants—falls plainly within horticultural procurement; the others represent infrastructure, ecological restoration, and environmental services that do not clearly fit the live chocolate cosmos commodity definition. The issuing bodies span county and municipal governments (DeKalb County, Georgia; Pasco County, Florida; Collier County, Florida; Pinellas County, Florida; and City of Dallas, Texas), with three of the five opportunities originating from Florida jurisdictions.

The geographic concentration appears strongest in Florida, with three opportunities posted between March and June 2026 from Pasco County (Ridge Road landscaping and irrigation, bid due April 14, 2026), Collier County (Pelican Bay dune plantings, bid due March 13, 2026), and Pinellas County (five-year environmental planting and maintenance contract, proposals due July 29, 2025). DeKalb County, Georgia posted a tennis center reconstruction ITB due July 13, 2026 that was tagged under this code despite its focus on IT and low-voltage systems. The City of Dallas issued an informal solicitation for plants on January 28, 2026, with responses due February 3, 2026. The code shows little coherent recent activity: the mismatch between the chocolate cosmos commodity definition and the scope of opportunities tagged suggests tagging inconsistency rather than concentrated procurement demand for this specific plant species. State and local buyers do pursue landscaping and native plant installation work across these jurisdictions, but not under a code narrowly defined for a single ornamental species.