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Toxic
Garden Plant List
BY THE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO
The amount
of poison in a plant tends to vary with location, age of plant,
season, weather conditions. In some plants, the toxin is confined
only to certain parts. Additionally, plants normally considered
non toxic may have been treated with an insecticide, making them
toxic. The following plants may cause toxic symptoms when ingested.
Included are plants which may cause dermatitis when handled.
Toxic Garden Plants
- Azalea (azalea indica)
- Bleeding
Heart
(dicentra formosa)
- Calla Lily (zantedeschia aethiopica)
- Carnation (dianthus caryophyllus)
- Castor-Oil
plant
(ricinus communis)
- Chinese
or Japanese Lantern (physalis)
- Chrysanthemum
- Clematis
- Crocus (colchicum autumnale)
- Daffodil (narcissus)
- Delphineum
- Foxglove (digitalis purpurea)
- Gladiola (bulb)
- Hyacinthe (hyacinthus orientalis)
- Iris
- Jonquil
(narcissus)
- Lily of
the Valley
(convallaria)
- Morning
Glory (ipomaea
tricolour)
- Narcissus
- Oleander
(nerium
oleander)
- Pansy (seeds) (viola
tricolour)
- Peony (root) (paeonia
officinalis)
- Primrose
(primula)
- Sweet Pea
(lathyrus
odoratus)
- Sweet William (dianthus barbatus)
- Unidentified Wild Mushrooms
- Should be
considered toxic until identified by a mycologist.
Vegetables
- Potato (green patches found
on tubers & above ground part)
- Rhubarb
leaves
- Tomato
greens
Hedges & Bushes
- Black Locust
(robinia
pseudoacacia)
- Buckthorn
( rhamnus
cathartica)
- Cherry
Laurel
(laurocerasus officinalis)
- Daphne (daphne mezereum)
- Elderberry (not berries)
- Horse Chestnut ( aesculus hippocastanum)
- Hydrangea
- Laburnum (laburnum anagyroides)
- Privet ( ligustrum vulgare)
- Virginia
Creeper (ampelopis
brevipedunculata)
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Author: THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
OF EASTERN ONTARIO