Poisonous plants

[Rosyrain]

What kind of poisonous plants do you have where you live, if any? I was watching Naked and Afraid the other night and the man and woman were in Mexico trying to survive for 21 days on the beach. The man got the sap from a chechen tree on his skin and it gave him a severe rash and started to burn away at his skin. This was quite scary. It got me to thinking that there are so many poisonous plants I am clueless about so I though I would ask all of you.

 

[zigs]

You'll find there are poisonous plants everywhere Rosy, weeding my plot I find Spurge, which has a milky sap that you don't wanna get near your eyes, and Hogweed, that has hairs that make your skin blister when it gets exposed to sunlight.

 

[Bootsy]

According to the 'experts' about 30% of plants in a garden are poisonous to some extent! This would include the obvious ones such as nettles and poison ivy which are considered to be weeds. Many of the plants and flowers that you do cultivate can have a deleterious effect, sometimes from the leaves or stems and sometimes from the seeds or bulbs.

None of this should really bother you in the normal course of events. I need to be careful with a lot of things in our garden. We have a lot of Euphorbias and their sap can be an irritant - especially to me. So I wear gloves when handling them as I wouldn't want to be without such lovely plants. I also have to wear gloves and long sleeves when handling tomatoes and zucchini as I'm allergic to the hairs on the leaves.

The most damage I get in my garden is from working with roses and blackberries . Some of the rose thorns can even penetrate my leather rose gloves and I can't wear gloves when picking blackberries.

 

[IcyBC]

I live in the city so the poisonous plants are few but I have poisonous weed. The nightshade seems to like my yard and growing along the fence. I had to uproot them every year since it is also poisonous for my dog. This year, I haven't seen them coming back yet.

 

[Trellum]

This is a hard one, over here we don't really have poisonous mushrooms (or we do?) but we do have a lot poisonous plants that grow in the desert. Some of them can give you a skin reaction if touched, some even kill you if you eat them. To be honest I don't know much about then, but I probably should, because you never know.

 

[claudine]

There are many Yew trees in my area, they bear highly poisonous berries. We also have lillies of the valley, Sosnowsky's Hogweed and of course poisonous mushrooms.

 

[Beth_B]

Deadly nightshade - for the first time in five years some started growing along the side of my house this spring. I pulled it all up.
Years ago one of my dogs had several instances where her face would swell up, pupils dilated and she got a bit woozy. Nobody could figure it out, vet thought maybe a bee sting but that wouldn't account for the drugged behaviour and dilated pupils. Looking around online I realised she could have been eating some of the deadly nightshade out in the back fields.

 

[Bootsy]

I live in the city so the poisonous plants are few

You'd be surprised at how many of the common plants are poisonous.

For example:

Daffodils are poisonous to animals and humans, but you're unlikely to want to eat them. Dogs are not that choosy and may become quite ill from chewing on them.

Lilies can be very toxic. Once again, humans are unlikely to eat them but the pollen can be an irritant. The pollen is particularly dangerous to cats! So if you have lilies in the house, and you have a cat, you should remove the stamens. (From the lilies, not the cats )

 

[DeborahJane]

When I first started gardening, nigh on 4 years ago now, I was very nervous of poisonous plants and if I knew didn't but them until it was pointed out to me I already had several poisonous plants in my garden. I liked them and wasn't prepared to get rid of them. Now I take it with a grain of salt. Mind you I'll be wary of deadly night shade.

 

[Bootsy]

We have, literally, thousands of plants in our garden and most of them are poisonous to a certain extent., but they're there to look good not to be eaten!

 

[claudine]

Daffodils are poisonous to animals and humans, but you're unlikely to want to eat them. Dogs are not that choosy and may become quite ill from chewing on them.

I had no idea that daffodils are poisonous to animals and humans! Thank you for the warning. There are many daffodils in my parents' garden. Fortunately, our dog has never tried to eat them

 

[Bootsy]

Most animals are pretty good at avoiding poisonous plants, especially cats, but young dogs do sometimes nibble them. The danger for cats is some of the pollens that affect them.

Most things in life can be dangerous, you just have to use some natural caution.

Chocolate is poisonous for dogs!

 

[claudine]

Most animals are pretty good at avoiding poisonous plants, especially cats, but young dogs do sometimes nibble them. The danger for cats is some of the pollens that affect them.

Most things in life can be dangerous, you just have to use some natural caution.

Chocolate is poisonous for dogs!

It's always better to be safe than sorry. I'll try to fence off those daffodils. My dog can be quite unpredictable
I know that chocolate is poisonous to dogs. Same goes for grapes and raisins.

 

[zigs]

I have problems with fermented grapes and raisins.

 

[DeborahJane]

I have problems with fermented grapes and raisins.

Is that because they are poisonous. I guess they'd also attract insects.