. Unfortunately, I just found through a little research that all parts of this plant are toxic and are especially dangerous to cats (the same goes for day lillies, which we also just planted). I haven't seen any of the cats pay it any attention, but now I am wondering if we should pull it up, or at the least transplant it to the window boxes.Friday, June 13, 2008
Delphinium - Good Idea or Not
We planted a delphinium plant (a.k.a. larkspur) in the backyard the other day. It is blooming profusely already
. Unfortunately, I just found through a little research that all parts of this plant are toxic and are especially dangerous to cats (the same goes for day lillies, which we also just planted). I haven't seen any of the cats pay it any attention, but now I am wondering if we should pull it up, or at the least transplant it to the window boxes.
. Unfortunately, I just found through a little research that all parts of this plant are toxic and are especially dangerous to cats (the same goes for day lillies, which we also just planted). I haven't seen any of the cats pay it any attention, but now I am wondering if we should pull it up, or at the least transplant it to the window boxes.
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I just planted some as well before finding out how lethal they were. I don't have pets but small children so now I've been wondering if I should take them out too. I don't know if just touching them the kids are at risk? You'd think the nurseries would know about this but I haven't got any straight answers.
For the record...none of our cats (including a couple of ferals that frequent the yard) ever gave the Delphinium a passing interest. After the blooming period seemed to be past peak, I went ahead and cut the plant back all the same.
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