Santa/Satan is coming to town...

At this dark time of year, when the Santa/Satan anagram licks at my brain, what to my wondering eyes should appear but twinkling red berries on Hypericum Magical MidnightGlow (St. John's wort), adding a splash of the requisite red to the devil garden. I almost want to string these like cranberries!

Beware of Demon

My new "Beware of Demon" sign on the Gates of Hell. The demon didn't appreciate it though...

Credit goes to dangergarden for posting the photo that became the inspiration for this sign. That inspiration and tin snips made for a happy devil gardener!

Sandy Claws

My favorite plant in the devil garden today: Epimedium 'Sandy Claws.' I love the name (credit to Nightmare before Christmas, I believe), and how it so fittingly contains xmas colors with red leaves, green leaves, and white flowers. It fits into the devil garden for several reasons--being spiny (unusual for an Epimedium), the "Nightmare" connotation, and because it stands in for the Santa/Satan anagram that tickles my brain. And even because the common name for Epimedium, fairy wings, gives it a hint of imposter status, just like so many of my devil garden plants. Evil twin/good twin--who can be certain?