"john royce" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-09-22 00:20:14 +0100, "Kathy" said:

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On 2009-09-21 15:04:05 +0100, "Kathy" said:

Recently, on another, non-gardening, newsgroup, I mentioned that I was
going
to plant a clematis. Another poster commented that they are
poisonous.
I've never heard this before, are they right?

There are more poisonous than non-toxic plants in every garden.
Daffodil
bulbs are poisonous, rhubarb leaves are poisonous, all parts of
laburnum
are poisonous. Euphorbia sap can produce a major skin irritant for
some
people as can daffodil flower stem sap and so on. It might be worth
looking at the RHS web site but I don't think there has been a fatality
through anyone chomping on garden plants, for years. I have never,
ever,
heard of anyone suffering from a reaction to Clematis.

Thanks for all the replies. The comment may have come about because I
said
I am going to plant one to honour my cat, Millie, who I have just
buried.
She was poisoned.

Poor you and poor cat - that's horrible. Would it be suitable to plant
Nepeta - catnip? Cats love that and go quite silly rolling about in it.
It's a really lovely plant in itself, IMO and pretty easy to grow in a
sunny place.
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Sacha

How can you tell if a cat has been poisoned?

She wouldn't eat and then stopped drinking, didn't want to move, and
developed muscle spasms. She also had a sore throat, according to the vet.
He took blood and urine samples, which showed evidence of anti-freeze and
rat poison, but not enough to be definite.

How does one go about
preventing this from happening?

I don't know. Wish I did. Could have kept her locked up, but that would
have been cruel and have given her no quality of life.

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Kathy
A person who doesn't like cats must have been a mouse in a previous life.