GARDEN PESTS & PROBLEMS

Toxic House 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. Asparagus Fern (asparagus plumosus) (sprengeri) Avocado (persea americana) Blue Gum (eucalyptus globulus) Buddist Pine (poddocarpus Macrophyllus) Cacti: Bunny Ears (opuntia microdasy's alkispina) Column (cereus peruvianus) Rats Tail (aporocactus flagelliformis) Sunset (lokwia famatimensis) Caladium (Angel's Wings) Century Plant Crown Of Thorns (euphorbia milii splendens) Cyclamen Dieffenbachia Holly Ivy: Cape (tenecio macroglossus) English (hedera helix) German (senecio mikanioides) Glacier (hedera helix glacier) Gloire de Marengo (hedera canariensis) Needlepoint (hedera helix sagittlae folica) Jerusalem Cherry (solanum pseudocapsicum) Mistletoe (phoradendron flavescens) Philodendron: Arrowhead (syngonium podophyllum) Black Gold (ph. melanochryson) Devil's Ivy (Pothos) (scindapsus aureus) Elephant's Ear (philodendron hastatum) Fiddle Leaf (ph. pandurae forme) Green Gold (syngonium podophyllum) Marble Queen (scindapsus aureus) Ornamental Pepper (capsicum annuum) Silver Vine (scindapsus pictus) Split Leaf (monstera colorata) Sweetheart Vine (philodendron scandens) Red (hemigraphis colorata) Umbrella Plant (cyperus) See more on.. Toxic Garden Plants Listing _______________________________________ Author: THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO

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