![]() Not to freak you out almost all of these are toxic only if eaten, some in large quantities. What do ya know, a lot of the common garden plants are poisonous if ingested! I already have/had some of them in my garden and didn’t even have a clue. One thing led to the other and more research on common poisonous plants followed. □ Given how closely they are to my neighbor’s fence who happens to have toddlers and dogs I’m planning on moving the Foxgloves to the front bed all the way in the back tucked away against the house. It is totally on the buyer to check the level of toxicity of the plant. Look at the tag on the Foxglove, nowhere does it mention about how poisonous it is! I would have never imagined such poisonous plants would be so widely available at stores without even a warning on the tag! Actually I’m very annoyed. Which then led to looking up the Scotch Broom, which also turns out is poisonous to cats and dogs if ingested. On a whim I Googled growing Foxgloves and was surprised to find that the flowers, leaves, stems, and seeds of Foxglove are poisonous if eaten. I added the pretty pink Queen Elizabeth Rose Ī wispy looking plant with sprays of fragrant lemon-yellow and ruby-red blooms called the Lena Scotch Broom, Ever since I’ve been adding plants/flowers to my garden purely based on their looks and growing conditions that is until last weekend when we finally cleared out our back yard bed and planted new plants. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately both these plants are extremely toxic and I gave up on the idea. Back when we moved into this home I had researched long and hard on the possibility of adding these to my garden. Two of my favorite flowers are the Oleander and Laburnum. Frankly I hadn’t given much thought to this topic until this week.
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