What is this?

[babytortie]

Can anyone tell me what these plants are and whether or not they are edible or toxic? I have quite a few of the yellow flowered plant and then there is a huge bush of the plant with the blue flowers. I tried to find an ID of these in other threads but couldn't find anything.

Thanks!

 

[Bbcatcher]

They are plumbagos. I'm not sure if they're safe, but I'll check out some lists.

 

[Bbcatcher]

I couldn't find them on any edible or toxic list so I'm not sure

 

[Abdulla6169]

Don't recommend feeding them, this is what I found about them:
Plumbago poisoning: Plumbago is a shrubby plant which bears white, pink or blue flowers. It is often used as an ornamental indoor or outdoor plant. The plant contains plumbagin which can cause severe skin irritation upon skin exposure.

 

[babytortie]

Thanks for the info about the plumbago. What about the picture with the yellow flower? are those safe?

 

[Abdulla6169]

Can you download garden compass (on the iPhone/iPad)? I can do it for you if you want, you send them the plant photo and they give you the id

 

[babytortie]

Can you download garden compass (on the iPhone/iPad)? I can do it for you if you want, you send them the plant photo and they give you the id

Thanks for the tip! I will look into that app. It will save me some time!

 

[Bbcatcher]

I'm going off memory here; we had some of those at the plant nursery I work at, and if I remember correctly those are a smaller variety of sunflower.

 

[Bbcatcher]

Just showed the picture to my boss; he said it's a daisy

 

[Abdulla6169]

Just showed the picture to my boss; he said it's a daisy

I couldn't find it in the tortoise table, I found daisy but it was another plant

 

[Bbcatcher]

I found common daisy but this seems to be a whole different genus.

I would say no to be safe, unless someone else has experience with feeding them

 

[kball]

It might be a black eyed suesen

 

[Bbcatcher]

It might be a black eyed suesen

That's the kind of Daisy it is; I didn't see that as the common name at the site I was using

 

[kball]

Yes but i don't think tortoises can eat it.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Don't feed Black-eyed Susan,
Link:
http://m.thetortoisetable.org.uk/m/plants_19.asp?st=true&mode=main&catID=53

 

[babytortie]

thank you all! I'll stick to the grape leaves, hibiscus, and geraniums for now until I can get the safe weeds planted in the outdoor enclosure space I'm working on.