Non toxic wildflowers?

[TheDiddlyGang]

Apart from daisies?

I have a pink and white thrift (Armeria) lawn but I’d like to put some wildflower plugs through it too but they have to be non toxic (young children and a puppy soon)

The only non toxic wildflower that would look okay in a lawn that I’m aware of are daisies, does anyone know any others?

Are you in the UK? You have to consider what soil you have, sun/shade and do you want perennials? Personally I'd consider putting herbs through it chives, thyme, calendula, mint, borage, yarrow, bugle that sort of thing.

Yes UK.
Stony, clay heavy soil in full soil.

I don’t want herbs as I already have those in abundance in pots all through my garden!

And yes ideally, perennial.

Toxic to what? Loads of garden plants are poisonous. The easiest way to deal with that is to not eat them.

Small violas, maybe violets, small geraniums (eg doves foot maybe)? Clovers.

You probably don't want them, but dandelion leaves are edible.

Children should be supervised until they're old enough to know not to eat anything in the garden unless you've specifically ok'd it. Dogs, IME, seem to have some idea what they can and can't nibble.

Toxic to what? Loads of garden plants are poisonous. The easiest way to deal with that is to not eat them
Children and dogs.

My front garden is a ‘proper’ ornamental garden and I don’t care about toxicity (within reason) there but my back garden is specifically an edible garden; it’s filled with fruit trees, fruit bushes, herbs, salad etc.

I have flowers too but only ones known to be non toxic, if it’s potentially toxic it goes in the front.

My back garden leads out from my living room, I can see out into it from the sofa through the window and i specifically designed it to be edible/non toxic so I can chuck the kids and dogs out and relax without them in my living room.

Clover
Camomile
Borage
Forget me nots
Phlox
Love in a mist
Nasturtiums

You’ll want to double check, but try self-heal, dog violet, Germander speedwell, field speedwell, ribwort plantain, lady’s bedstraw.

I think that the cabbage family doesn’t have anything toxic, so that gives you cuckoo flower and the bittercresses. Other families which seem ok are Asteraceae, so look at things like knapweed, most Rosaceae (cinquefoils). Pink family Caryophyllaceae seems benign too, for campions, stitchworts, chickweeds.

The families to be treated with caution are the carrot family Apiaceae, which includes hemlock and giant hogweed, and the pea family Fabaceae, which includes laburnum

You will want to double check my suggestions, as I’ve never worried about toxicity.

@DeepNorthFarmGardening

Clover Camomile Borage Forget me nots Phlox Love in a mist Nasturtiums

The last three of those aren’t wildflowers

The last three of those aren’t wildflowers

The phlox is wild in my garden

Personally I think at the point someone is planting anything deliberately it stops being wild anyway...

Even though you said you didn't want herbs, wild thyme is naturally found in the U.K. in grassland so I'd include that anyway.

Silverweed - it used to be grown for its edible roots
www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discover-wild-plants-nature/plant-fungi-species/silverweed

Fox and Cubs...
Looks like the gardeners world website is good for indicating toxicity (or lack thereof), and also whether it's good for wildlife.

www.gardenersworld.com/plants/pilosella-aurantiaca/

Personally I think at the point someone is planting anything deliberately it stops being wild anyway... That's getting into a long argument.

Are wildflowers those which occur naturally in the UK? What about things like ivy-leaved toadflax which were originally introduced but is now naturalised over the whole of the UK? What about non-native invasives like skunk cabbage and japanese knotweed? Is a native that self seeds itself into your garden a wild flower, or does it stop being "wild" as soon as you start tending it by weeding around it? Where does "management" end and "gardening" begin?Why do we talk about "wildflowers" when many of our garden plants are wild flowers, just not wild in this part of the world? And my own bugbear - why do people walk about "wildflowers" when what they mean is a bed of mixed annuals which wouldn't normally grow in that habitat and which are mainly garden varieties and flowers which are not native to the UK?

I have violets (for early flowers for bees), clover, self heal, speedwell and daisy in my lawn for bees and other pollinators.

In flower beds I have purple toadflax, tufted vetch, bellflowers, alliums, borage, purple and white lavender and herbs for them too.