26 January 2026

Vampire's Garden


For anyone interested in herbs and plants (growing, using, history), I've got an ongoing series over at my main site

I started writing these posts because the main character of my novel Love Lies Bleeding (Amarantha AKA Mara) is a vampire that has a garden and an apothecary business. Some of you might have also noticed that the titles of my novels are also the names of plants :) Here's the full list (so far) of articles- enjoy!

Love-Lies-Bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth

Comfrey

comfrey

Lavender

close up photo of lavender growing on field

St. John’s Wort

st johns wort 2

Dock

yellow dock

Yarrow

white cluster flowers in bloom

Chamomile

vampire's garden chamomile, aspasia s. bissas

Garlic

Vampire's Garden: Garlic, blog post by Aspasia S. Bissas

Nettle

Vampire's Garden: Nettles, blog post by Aspasia S. Bissas

Bleeding Tooth Fungus

Vampire's Garden: Bleeding Tooth Fungus, blog post by Aspasia S. Bissas, bleeding fungus, devil's tooth, mushroom, mushrooms, bleeding mushroom, edible mushrooms, gross mushrooms, tripophobia, trypophobia, plants, botany, herbs, herbalism, vampire, vampires, aspasiasbissas.com

Hawthorn

Vampire's Garden: Hawthorn, post by Aspasia S. Bissas, aspasiasbissas.com

Bloody Dock

Bloody Dock, red-veined dock, bloody sorrel, red-veined sorrel, wood dock, Rumex sanguineus, Vampire's Garden, Aspasia S. Bissas, aspasiasbissas.com

Queen Anne’s Lace

Vampire's Garden: Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota

Bleeding Heart

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

Yew

Photo by Julia Filirovska on Pexels.com

Dragon Blood Tree

Meadowsweet

Blood Flower

  
Photo by Stream on Pexels.com

Bleeding Fairy Helmet

By Alan Rockefeller – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99546442

 

 Feel free to check out my books too!

 

Love Lies Bleeding

Bleeding Heart

*Blood Magic

*Tooth & Claw

(Links take you to all available stores. Books marked * are free everywhere other than Amazon. Love Lies Bleeding and Bleeding Heart are also available in paperback.)

Cheers,

Aspasia

 

 

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