When I posted this photo of bird-eaten cactus fruit on Facebook last Halloween, people unfriended me because they thought it was roadkill.
What do Halloween and succulents have in common? They’re sometimes creepy and delightfully sinister.
I’m challenging my Instagram followers to post photos on a page I created: #scarysucculentsdlb. On Oct. 31, my 8-year-old grandson will choose the creepiest, scariest images. Four winners will be notified Nov. 1 and can select as a prize one of my four books (Designing with Succulents, Succulent Container Gardens, Succulents Simplified or my new Sensational Succulents coloring book).
My publisher ships only to the US and Canada, but that doesn’t mean you can’t participate. If you win, in addition to bragging rights, you can designate a friend in the US or Canada to receive the book.
To enter: If you’re already on Instagram, great! Follow me @DebraLBaldwin, leave a comment after one of my Creepy-Scary Succulent posts, and tag a friend to help get the word out. Then on your own page, post a photo of a sinister looking succulent (examples follow). Add the hash tag #scarysucculentsdlb so it’ll appear with the rest.
To stir the pot (evil cackle), here are some of my own photos:
Euphorbia cooperi
Succulents and haunted ceramic house
Euphorbia stellata
Euphorbia caput-medusae
Crested cactus with creature from the black lagoon
Mammillaria elongata, crested
Serpentine cactus with weird flowers
Get your kids or grandkids involved! Have fun — Debra
from Gardening Gone Wild http://gardeninggonewild.com/?p=30718
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