Questions tagged [toxicity]

According to Wikipedia, some members of Tradescantia (e.g., inch plants) are toxic to cats: the sap seems to cause dermatitis (source). However, I can't tell if this applies to all members of the genus. In particular, I recently came into possession…

I have a pile of trimmings from a couple of Wisteria vines. I believe one of the vines was a Japanese Wisteria (floribunda) and one was a Chinese Wisteria (sinensis). I've read that these are toxic when ingested, and the sap can cause irritation…

Other than the risk of injury and tetanus, will the hundreds of rusty nails inexplicably found in sections of my garden harm the plants that grow there or the people who eat said plants? They are so rusty that they are barely even nail shaped, most…