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- Is the black-eyed Susanne poisonous?
- The black-eyed Susanne contains no toxins
- Safe for dogs and cats
- As greening for cat nets
- Tips & Tricks
The black-eyed Susanne is not only not poisonous but even edible and delicious!
Is the black-eyed Susanne poisonous?
The black-eyed Susanne (Thunbergia alata) enjoys great popularity with garden owners who want to pull in the summer a opaque flower hedge. Since neither flowers nor leaves contain toxic substances, the plant is also suitable for planting catnets.
The black-eyed Susanne contains no toxins
Despite their eye-catching colors, the flowers of African-born black-eyed Susanne contain no toxins. The leaves and stems are completely non-toxic.
The beautiful vine plant is therefore ideal for pulling them in the garden, on the balcony or on the terrace, even if small children are there.
Black-eyed Susanne is usually kept one-year-old in our latitudes, although she grows perennially in her home country. If you want to start an attempt to overwinter the plant in the house, you can do so without hesitation, as it poses no danger.
Safe for dogs and cats
For dog and cat owners, the black-eyed Susanne is also a commendable ornamental plant.
Due to the absence of any toxins, the Susannen are not harmful to pets, even if dogs, cats, rabbits or hamsters occasionally nibble at the leaves and flowers.
There should even be pet owners who occasionally enrich the feed of their birds and exotic animals such as bearded dragons through the flowers of the black-eyed Susanne.
As greening for cat nets
If you have made your balcony walkable for your cats through a cat net, you can safely plant black-eyed Susannen in boxes and raise them on the net.
Tips & Tricks
The black-eyed Susanne is not only not poisonous, but even edible. The flowers can be used in flower salads. Also on salad plates they look very decorative.