Plant help

[pugsandkids]

Hey all, it's spring, I've been puttering around the yard and had some thoughts. My search function is not working, so I started a new thread I have Daffodils and Hyacinths overflowing their pots. Can I move some to the tort yards? They'd look so pretty, and come back every year. I think it's a genius idea, if they are edible.

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Tortoise Table says no to both

Does any one have a bulb type plant in their tort yard that adds color as well as variety to tort diet?

 

[Yvonne G]

It has been my experience that bulb plants are toxic. However, my Manouria dug up a whole iris bed and ate the bulbs with no ill effects.

 

[Kristen A]

What about camellias?

 

[redbeef]

It has been my experience that bulb plants are toxic. However, my Manouria dug up a whole iris bed and ate the bulbs with no ill effects.

Iris are quite different from the daffodil/tulip group...I think technically they are referred to as 'tubers' rather than bulbs as well...

daylilies are somewhat rhizomous and i think tortoisetable lists the flowers as edible, perhaps this would be a good option? be sure not to confuse w/'true' lilies from the liliaceae family: they're all listed as toxic