Dangerous plants

USA Poisonous Plants: The Dangerous Plants Lurking In Plain Sight! Nature's beauty often conceals hidden dangers, and the plant kingdom is no exception. In the United States, several seemingly innocent plants possess toxic properties that

How surprised I was to find out that something so exotic and spiky as this plant is actually completely hardy here in Portland! I have a vague memory of Ricki (Banners by Ricki/sprig to twig) talking about this plant long ago. A quick search revealed my memory is better than I thought! It was back in September of 2009 that she posted about ‘dragon plants’ including an excellent photo of a Poncirus trifoliata. My first “in-person” experience was when I discovered what had to be a Poncirus…

Plants that eat rats, slimy alien-looking fungi, leaves that dance all by themselves and flowers that smell like the rotting corpse of a horse.

Carnivorous plants fascinate as much now as when their gruesome diet was first discovered. Molecular biology is helping botanists trace the origins of their predatory ways.

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Closeup of one of the leaves of this Round-leaved Sundew carnivorous plant.

The manchineel tree, or

View photographs and a description of the plant Abrus precatorius, commonly known as Rosary Pea, Rosarypea, Precatory Bean, Jequirity Pea, Bead Vine,...

Know what's in your garden - our poisonous plant poster shows these dangerous beauties that are native to CA

When it comes to houseplants, sometimes the beautiful can be itchy—or deadly.