Anja, I noticed that you have listed the purple coneflower as tort friendly. Flower and leaves? That is something that I have growing and spreading each year. How about morning glories? I have a wall of them that grows each year. Are those flowers edible by torts?

Hey Dee, I have more morning glories than I know what to do with. I dont believe they are good for the torts, but I had torts escape last year and I'd always find them munching on the leaves. They didnt get very much of it and there wasnt any bad side affects.

If anyone wants some MG let me know ...I'll send them FREE. I actually have to "weed" out the MG from my other beds.

wish I had seeds to swap with ya AJ.....I never think to save the seeds.

From the AfricanTortoise website under their edible plants.

Echinacea purpurea / pallida / angustifolia
Echinacea/purple cone flower all parts edible


Im not finding anything on their site regarding MGs though.

Thanks Ladies!

Anytime dear!

The coneflowers should be ok for torts in general. Looking at suggested plants for Africans in addition to coneflowers, I found big and little bluestem, blue grama, and opuntia. These are hardly native to Africa but to North America (they part of my native plant gardens). The morning glories, I have some reservations on. I religously puled and destroyed them when I raised goats because of toxidity to mammals. I know herp can eat somethings that we can't (my burmese can eat Alocasia or elephant ear whereas we can't), so until I see something written I'd avoid it.