Lavender2, can I pick your brains? or any keen gardeners for that matter . . .

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I would like to know what Christmassy foliage is poisonious (sp?).

Like the genius I am I have volunteered my services to make the candle displays for our Christmas party. I have a few branches from a fir tree (I am taking off small sprigs for background foliage), some unusual eculyptus (has pod type buds that break in half and there is a cream flower inside and then some hypericum with berries.

I seem to have it in the back of my head that some of these are toxic but wanted to check . . .

Thanks guys!

is this poisonous if eaten??

hypericum with berries, which species is this as only know hypericum with a yellow flower ...Yew is poisonous..

I couldn't tell you the various species to be honest as I got them from Cambridge market - I would hope that the stall man would've mentioned it if they were. I have never seen this type of eculyptus (again with the sp?) before - I really wanted the creamy green smooth leaved type. I was also surprised when he pointed out the hypericum as I have never see it like that before - I really must gen up on my stuff, it has been too long . . .

They won't be eaten, just trying hard to make candles interesting . . .

Toxic plants:-

Azalea
Baneberry
Belladonna
Black cherry
Black locust
Black snakeroot
Buckeye
Caladium
Caper spurge
Castor bean
Cherry
Chinaberry
Daffodil bulbs
Daphne
Delphinium
Dieffenbachia
Dumb cane
Duranta
False hellebore
Foxglove
Goldenchain
Hyacinth
Hydrangea
Jequirity bean
Jessamine
Jimsonweed
Larkspur
Lantana
Laurel
Lily-of-the-valley
Lupine
Mistletoe
Monkshood
Moonseed
Mountain laurel
Mushrooms
Nightshade
Oleander
Philodendron
Poison hemlock
Pokeweed
Privet
Rhododendron
Rhubarb leaves
Rosary pea
Rubber vine
Sandbox tree
Tansy
Thorn apple
Tobacco
Tung tree
Water hemlock
White snakeroot
Yew