List of non-toxic plants for your terrarium

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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.