Crop Sciences Plant Collection

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The Crop Sciences Plant Collection is located within Turner Hall Greenhouses and hosts a diverse range of plant families for visitors to enjoy.


Ledebouria socialis
‘leopard lily, silver squill’

Bromeliad Guzmania lingulata
‘scarlet star’
non-toxic to dogs and cats

Bromeliad Aechmea fasciata 
‘urn plant’
non-toxic to dogs and cats

Euphorbia milii
‘crown of thorns’
CAUTION this plant has thorns

Huernia schneideriana
‘red dragon flower’
CAUTION this plant has spikes

Agave americana var marginata
‘century plant’
CAUTION this plant has spikes

Gasteria spp.

Multiple Gasteria species in the collection

Senecio vitalis
‘blue chalk fingers’

Kalanchoe daigremontiana
‘mother of thousands’
toxic to dogs and cats

Kalanchoe beharensis
‘felt bush’
Multiple Kalanchoe species in the collection
toxic to dogs and cats

Nephrolepis spp.
‘boston fern’
non-toxic to dogs and cats

Echeveria spp.
Multiple Echeveria species in the collection
non-toxic to dogs and cats

Goeppertia roseopicta
‘calathea’
non-toxic to dogs and cats

Asplenium parvati
‘mother fern’
non-toxic to dogs and cats

Punica granatum
‘pomegranate, dwarf’

Cycas revoluta
‘sago palm’
toxic to dogs and cats
CAUTION this plant has sharp fronds
ASPCA Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants List https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants

Photos by T. Block

Collection Maintained by Plant Care Facility staff