Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Poisonous?, 1 by snowhermit

snowhermit wrote:
I've never been worried about my two grandchildren around the Brugs. They have been in the GH and helping me since they were toddlers. They love to help pick up the spent blooms and leaves.
They were also taught right from the start that the plants were poisonous and they must wash their hands after touching them. It became a game as to who could get to the sink first to wash up. LOL
My 9 year old GS started pollinating the flowers at 7 and knows now how to cross them.
I also had 4 dogs that followed me around the GH and they never ate any of the leaves or flowers.
Enjoy the plants stillwood. As others have said there are so many other poisonous plants that we have growing in the house and outside that children should be educated not to eat any part of a plant without asking first.