15 Poisonous Flowers to Avoid and Remove From Your Garden

Garden flowers are stunning yet potentially perilous; some hide toxic substances. Explore common ones and their health impacts, from mild to severe.

Oleander

Oleander, with its striking flowers and toxic leaves, causes severe poisoning with symptoms like nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and fatal irregular heartbeats.

Foxglove

Foxglove, with tubular, bell-shaped flowers in purple, pink, white, and yellow, thrives in gardens, woodlands, and meadows, but its poisoning can be severe.

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley: delicate with bell-shaped white flowers, thrives in cool, moist soil. Poisoning causes nausea, vomiting, and cardiac issues.

Rhododendron

Rhododendron's vibrant flowers in pink, purple, red, and white can cause poisoning with symptoms like nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and breathing issues.

Azalea

Azaleas, vibrant flowering shrubs in the Rhododendron family, cause severe poisoning with symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, and breathing difficulty.

Castor Bean

Castor Bean: striking foliage, deadly seeds. Poisoning symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dehydration, and ricin-induced organ failure.

Poison Oak

Poison oak, with leaves of three, causes severe skin irritation: itching, redness, swelling, and blistering due to urushiol oil on all plant parts.

Nightshade

Nightshade: dark leaves, purple flowers, black berries. Poisoning symptoms: dilated pupils, blurred vision, convulsions, hallucinations; ingestion fatal.

Hemlock

Hemlock: tall biennial with purple-spotted stems, fern-like leaves, white flowers. Poisoning: severe nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, weakness, respiratory failure.

Jimson Weed

Jimson Weed: annual with trumpet-shaped flowers, spiky pods. Poisoning symptoms: dry mouth, blurred vision, hallucinations, seizures, high fever; ingestion fatal.

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