Is the balloon flower poisonous?

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• Is the balloon flower poisonous?
• The essentials in brief:
• Tips

Raw all plant parts of the beautiful balloon flower are poisonous

Is the balloon flower poisonous?

In general, all raw plant parts of the balloon flower are considered toxic. Although the roots and the young leaves in China and Korea are used as medicine and in the kitchen, but you do not necessarily have to try.

The roots are said to stimulate the immune system and even help against cancer, young leaves are cooked, the older ones dried used as a spice. Without medical knowledge, you prefer to limit yourself to use as a garden or balcony plant.

The essentials in brief:

Tips

Do not try if the balloon flowers are edible in your garden. There are plenty of plants that you can eat safely, because you can confidently give way to unpredictable experiments and simply look forward to the beautiful flowering of winter hardy balloon flower.