Where to Put the Poisonous Plants

Earlier in the week, Burt and Ivy took a trip to the garden center for some new houseplants. The current ones are looking a little winter weary so they thought a few new neighbors might be a distraction from their current shabbiness.

 They didn't make a list because you never know what you might find at our garden center, ha! Sometimes there are orchids and all sorts of exotic plants but mostly, it's just the basics. Usually they have primroses and oxalis in stock at this time of the year. The primroses in our basement garden didn't do too well over the winter and barely had the energy to put out these two little flowers. So Burt and Ivy were definitely on the hunt for something blooming.

Finding a less than stellar selection at the garden center, they decided to buy whatever looked good or interesting from what was available. Back at home, it only took three quick searches on the internet to discover that ALL of the plants they bought were poisonous to cats! Oops.

Unfazed by the lethalness of their haul but confident they could work around this unfortunate situation, the Skeleton Crew got right to work finding pots for the new plants. 

Burt personally tested each one to make sure it was the right size.

The poisonous lineup consists of a variegated Dracaena, three Oxalis, commonly referred to as False Shamrock this time of the year and a little, spiky succulent called Senecio Himalayan.

Our cats have been around poisonous plants before but there's no point in taking chances. They normally don't get up on the coffee table but after Stewart's look of disapproval these two plants were moved out of reach, too. Meanwhile, Spencer is happy to munch on a non-toxic spider plant.

Luckily, it's not that hard to find places where the kitties can't get to anymore. In a couple of months all these plants can be moved outside and hopefully not be a health risk to the backyard critters.

As for the senecio, it needs more light than the others and ended up all by itself on this windowsill. I think it could use a few new friends to keep it company.

Stay safe and don't eat any poisonous plants!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.