{"id":14111,"date":"2015-06-23T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/?p=14111"},"modified":"2022-10-04T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T14:49:10","slug":"ask-a-pro-qa-are-lobelia-plants-poisonous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-are-lobelia-plants-poisonous\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Pro Q&#038;A: Are Lobelia Plants Poisonous?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blue flowering plant\u00a0looks beautiful, but could it be poisonous? On this week&#8217;s installment of Ask a Pro, Dream Team member and Outdoor Design expert Carson Arthur talks about the controversial\u00a0Lobelia plant and if it&#8217;s safe to have in your home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.23_askapro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.23_askapro.jpg\" alt=\"Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: Are Lobelia Plants Poisonous? - bhgrelife.com\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.23_askapro.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.23_askapro-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/6.23_askapro-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Q:\u00a0I bought some plants at the store today. I later found out it is a Lobelia flowering plant. It\u2019s a beautiful blue color and I am excited to have it, but is it a poisonous plant?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Carlene T.<\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0Lobelia is one of those plants that has the experts split. It seems that some varieties are toxic to cats and dogs vs. other ones which have no issues at all. To be safe, plant them only out of reach of pets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Carson A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><button class=\"more-link\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1271,"featured_media":16151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1591,55,41,82,77],"class_list":["post-14111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-a-pro","tag-ask-a-pro","tag-backyard","tag-decorating","tag-home","tag-landscaping","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: Are Lobelia Plants Poisonous? - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On this week&#039;s installment of Ask a Pro, Dream Team member and Outdoor Design expert Carson Arthur talks about the controversial\u00a0Lobelia plant and if it&#039;s safe to have in your home.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-are-lobelia-plants-poisonous\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: Are Lobelia Plants Poisonous? 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