Beware: frightening plants lay ahead.
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For extra creepiness, add a small amount of red food dye to the top of the plant.
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Black Bat Flower
This plant is unsettling.
It looks like a bat or some creature fresh out of a scary movie.
Its difficult to grow and maintain but sure to create a haunting ambiance.
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This makes it look like the heart is bleeding a singular drop.
It requires a moderate amount of care.
Queen Annes Lace
This is a seemingly innocent, easy-to-grow flower.
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It has small, white flowers bunched together and resembles lace.
In the center is a tiny, dark red-purple dot.
What makes this plant creepy is the story behind its nickname.
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The flower represents that moment, making it more eerie than innocent.
Venus Flytrap
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This is an obvious Halloween choice.
Luckily, it only blooms every few years for only a few days.
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Its sizenearly 6 feet tall at full maturitymixed with its smell definitely make it Halloween-certified creepy.
you should probably have time, patience, and dedication for this plant.
It grows up to 8 feet tall with a smell of death (e.g., rotting meat).
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It also only blooms (and smells) every few years for only a couple of days.
They use the nutrients produced from the dead material to feed off of.
