GROW ME SAFELY - PLANTS TO AVOID
Common name Botanic name Image
Angels’ Trumpet, Datura Brugmansia spp. / Datura spp
Apple-of-Sodom Solanum linnaeanum
Arum lily (white), Calla lily Zantedaschia aethiopica
Autumn crocus, meadow Colchicum autumnale Saffron
Belladonna, Deadly Night Atropa Belladonna Shade
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Common name Botanic name Image
Bittersweet, Woody Solanum dulcamara Nightshade
Spanish and Weaver’s Broom Spartium junceum
Castor Oil Plant, Ricin Ricinus communis
Coral Tree Erythrina vespertilio
Daphne Daphne spp.
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Common name Botanic name Image
Day Jasmine, White Cestrum, Cestrum diurnum, Cestrum spp. Green Cestrum, Chilean Cestrum, Green Poisonberry
Delphinium Delphinium x cultorum
English Ivy Hedera helix
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Glory Lily Gloriosa superba
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Common name Botanic name Image
Hellebore, Winter Rose Helleborus spp.
Water Hemlock (Cowbane) Cicuta virosa
Lantana Lantana camara
Larkspur Consolida ambigua
Lily-of-the-Valley Convallaria majalis
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Common name Botanic name Image
Monkshood Aconitum napellus
New Zealand Laurel Corynocarpus laevigatus
Nightshade, Blackberry Solanum nigrum + spp
Oleander Nerium oleander
Bushman's Poison; Poison Acokanthera oblongifolia, Arrow Plant, Wintersweet Acokanthera oppositifolia
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Common name Botanic name Image
Rosary Bean, Crab's Eye Abrus precatorius
Sheep Laurel, Mountain Kalmia latifolia, Kalmia Laurel angustifolia
White Cedar Tree Melia azedarach
Wild Mushrooms (Death Cap, Amanita spp. Agaricus Fly Agaric and Yellow Stainer xanthodermus Mushroom)
Yellow Oleander, Daffodil Cascabela thevetia Tree
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