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List of non-toxic plants for your terrarium


Common Name / Scientific name
* ABELIA (Abelia grandiflora)
* AFRICAN VIOLET (Saintpaulia ionantha)
* SWEET ALYSSUM (Allyssum sp.)
* ASPERAGUS FERN (Asperagus setaceus plumosis)
* ASTER (Aster sp.)
* BABY TEARS (Helxine soleirolii)
* BIRD'S NEST FERN (Asplenium nidus)
* BOSTON FERN (Nephrolepsis exalta)
* BOTTLE BRUSH (Callistemom)
* BOUGANVILLEA (Bouganvillea)
* BRIDAL VEIL (Tripogandra multiflora)
* BROMELIADS (Aechmea; Bilbergia; Cryptanthus)
* CACTUS, SPINELESS (Astrophytum)
* CAMELLIA (Camellia japonica)
* COLEUS (Coleus)
* CORN PLANT (Dracaena fragrans)
* CREEPING CHARLIE (Pilea nummulariifolia)*
* CROTON (Codiaeum sp.)
* DRACAENA (Dracaena)
* EMERALD RIPPLE (Peperomia caperata)
* EUGENIA (Peperomia caperata)
* FUSCHIA (Fuschia)
* GERANIUM (Pelargonium sp.)
* HEN AND CHICKS SUCCULENT (Echeveria)
* HIBISCUS (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
* HOYA (Hoya exotica)
* ICEPLANT (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
* IMPATIENS (Impatiens)
* JADE PLANT (Crassula argentea)
* JAPANESE ARALIA (Fatsia japonica)
* JASMINE (Jasminum officinale: J. grandifloum)
* LAVENDER (Lavandula officinalis)
* MARIGOLD (Calendula officinalis)
* MONKEY PLANT (Ruellia makoyana)
* MOTHER OF PEARL (Graptopetalum paraguayen)
* NATAL PLUM (Carissa grandiflora)
* PAINTED NETTLE (Coleus)
* PALMS (Areca sp.)
* PAMPAS GRASS (Cortaderia selloana)
* PARLOR PALM (Chamaedorea elegans)
* PEPEROMIA (Peperomia caperata)
* PETUNIA (Petunia)
* PHOENIX (Phoenix roebelenii)
* PIGGYBACK PLANT (Tolmiea menziesii)
* PILEA (Pilea sp.)
* PINK POLKA-DOT PLANT (H. ypoestes sang.)
* PONYTAIL PLANT (Beaucarnea recurvata)
* PRAYER PLANT (Maranta leuconeura)
* PURPLE PASSION: PURPLE VELVET (Gynura)
* SPIDER PLANT (Chlorophytum comosum)
* STAGHORN FERN (Platycerium bifurcatum)
* SWEDISH IVY (Plectranthus australis)
* TREE MALLOW (Lavatera assurgentiflora)
* UMBRELLA PLANT (Eriogonum umbrellum)**
* VELVET PLANT (Gynura aurantaca)
* WANDERING JEW (Tradescantia albiflora)
* WARNECKII (Dracaena deremensis)
* WAX PLANT (Hoya exotica)
* ZEBRA PLANTY (Calathea zebrina)
* ZINNIAS (Zinnia sp.)

* Not to be confused with another "creeping charlie,"
Glecoma heteracea which is toxic


** Not to be confused with another "umbrella" plant,
Schefflera actinophylla which is toxic.