Vampire Soiree - A Vampires Garden

I’m imagining hobbies as being very important for all creatures of the living dead, after all eternal life could get very boring very quickly if one didn’t have something to keep them amused and an interest in continual life. What better hobby than gardening and it’s by no means beyond achievement for a vampire. Mother Nature has been most generous in providing plants that not only prefer to flower at night but also many that save their best scent for the evening hours. 

A night garden can delight in sound and light effects, the trickling sound of water is just, if not more magical at night as in the daylight hours. Light coloured flowers and marble white statuary will reflect the moons rays and natures splashes of colour are not reserved for the day alone. Mystical and romantic or a shimmery of shadows to create an eerie atmosphere with intoxicating fragrances to dull and calm the senses of those foolish enough to trespass in the vampire’s garden. 

The best scent of the Honeysuckle, Night Stocks and Jasmine are kept for the dwellers of the evening hours, others plants hold their beauty secret from those of the day. 

Moon flowers bloom as the moonlight takes over from the sun, shielding their beauty and closing up tight when the sunlight touches their petals, a perfect plant for the vampire horticulturist. 

Lilies such as the lovely moonlight white Casablanca Lily offers the night garden the most intoxicating of scents for the senses. 

The Nottingham Catchfly, so called due to the profusion of these flowers that once covered the walls of Nottingham Castle, sadly all now lost from the place they got their name. It’s heady fragrance will grace the evening air. 

Colour is not to be restricted either, water lilies such as the tropical Red Flare bring a  rich red bloom to dark waters, flowering at twilight along with the night loving bright yellow Evening Primrose for denizens of the night who love a splash of colour. 

The wealthier vampire who may have a conservatory to enjoy the evening hours in, may well indulge in a passion for more exotic blooms such as the Dragon Fruit Flower from Mexico, a flower that reaches perfection at the midnight hours. The Brahma Kamal, named after the Hindu god Brahma may also be found in such a collection.

Those vampires who enjoy a sense of humor maybe amused to have some Bleeding Hearts or Angel Trumpets with their beauty and intoxicating fragrance a brilliant disguise of their poisonous nature. 

This post is written as part of the Vampire Soiree 

hosted by Holly's Horrorland.

Please visit to see who the other party guests are.

Later (when my camera's charged up) I'll be visiting the Soiree

again as the dollies have their own little vampire tea Soiree.

The dollies now have their tea party online
if you'd like to visit you can be sure of a warm welcome
Midnight Miniatures, Bears and Dolls.

Thanks for visiting me today.