Poisonous Plants in Your Garden

After our recent post – Flowers that can be eaten. We though it worth sharing a list of plants which are dangerous if eaten.

• Aconitum – Monkshood
  
• Arum – Cuckoo pint.
  
• Colchicum – The autumn crocus
  
• Convallaria – Lily of the Valley
  
• Cytisus – the Broom – All parts can be fatal if eaten.
  
• Daphne – Shrub grown for its beautifully scented flowers. Berries very dangerous
  
• Delphinium – All parts Highly toxic – can be fatal if eaten
  
• Digitalis – Foxgloves cause irregular heart beat and digestive problems. Digitalis is used in heart medicines but is poisonous eaten straight from plant
  
• Gloriosa superba
  
• Laburnum – Beautiful flowers that flower in May but can be fatal if eaten
  
• Lantana – (Spanish Flag)
  
• Nerium – A beautiful conservatory plant
  
• Phytolacca – The poke weed
  
• Ricinus communis – Castor Oil Plant. Not to be confused with Fatsia.
  
• Taxus – A hedge favourite.
  
• Veratrum – The false Hellebore.

Be Also Careful Not To Eat

• Daffodils
• Chrysanthemums
• Buttercups
• Hyacinth
• Wild mushrooms that are really Toadstools

Eating these can cause various health problems.

Poisonous Plants For Animals

• Ragwort is poisonous to animals and can cause kidney failure and liver damage which is irreversible. Often fatal to horses and cattle and a number of dogs die by eating a small amount.
• Other Senicio plants and Castor beans can also be fatal to animals.
• Leaves and branches of Oleander produces digestive problems.
• Even the water that flowers have stood in can become poisonous to animals.
• Datura stramonium and Angels Trumpets are poisonous to humans and animals.
• Easter Lily is poisonous to cats and dogs should not be allowed to eat cocoa shells.