Spooky greenery for Halloween: Discover these plants to give your garden a haunting appearance
In the spirit of Halloween, we've compiled a list of plants that will add a spooky, gothic touch to your garden. These dark and brooding options will create a haunted atmosphere, perfect for Halloween or a year-round dark garden feel.
Black Rose Aeonium
A succulent with dark, almost black leaves, the Black Rose Aeonium creates a spooky vibe that is sure to impress.
Dusty Miller
With its silvery-grey foliage, Dusty Miller adds a ghostly, ethereal contrast to any garden.
Variegated String of Hearts
This creeping vine with delicate, patterned leaves can add depth and a touch of the macabre to your garden.
Black Tulips
Deeply dark petals like those of the 'Black Hero' tulip are perfect for a gothic flower display.
Midnight Rose Coral Bells
With dark foliage and moody flower tones, Midnight Rose Coral Bells are fitting for a shadowy aesthetic.
Crazytunia B&W + Black Mamba
These unusual dark-toned flowers contribute to a brooding atmosphere, adding an otherworldly feel to your garden.
Other dark foliage houseplants like Begonias, Peperomias, Tradescantias, Alocasias, and Philodendrons with deep green to purple-black leaves also complement the theme.
Combining these plants with black or dark-colored containers, such as spooky urns, enhances the gothic and haunted look for Halloween or a year-round dark garden feel.
Other Gothic Garden Options
In addition to these plants, there are several other options that will add a gothic touch to your garden.
- Helleborus atrorubens, a species seldom seen in cultivation, originating from Slovenia, boasts purple-black flowers that hold their color long after pollination. It prefers fertile soil and can tolerate full sun or some shade of deciduous trees.
- Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Dark Desire' has red, whiskered flowers above mounds of lush, dark foliage that darken with age. It prefers a sunny spot in good soil that doesn't sit wet in winter. A dark-flowered variant, 'Black Beauty', favors a moist, free-draining soil and performs best in southern English counties in a warm, sheltered position.
- Allium atropurpureum is a plant with spiky flowers that are a deep, dark purple, reminiscent of devil's horns. It likes moist but well-drained soil in full sun.
- Saxifraga 'Silver Velvet' is a slow grower that prefers slightly acidic soil. Its velvet red leaves decorated with a silver stripe resemble a Begonia rex.
- Akebia longeracemosa is a climbing plant with deep dark red flowers that smell of custard creams and dangle in grape-like heads.
- Erysimum cheiri 'Blood Red' is a short-lived sub-shrub with deliciously scented, velvet-textured, dark red flowers.
- Cornus alba 'Kesselringii' is a variety of dogwood with purple-black stems. The stems appear after the dark green leaves fall in autumn and are dramatic when grown with green and yellow winter stems.
- Tulipa 'Black Hero' is a tall, upright form that flowers a little later than most and prefers well-drained, reasonable garden soil in full sun to part shade.
- The dahlia 'Black Jack' is a dark-colored dahlia variety.
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