Nice list, thanks! I have a dog, so the indoor plants I have are nontoxic: an african violet, a nontoxic fern, culinary herbs in hubby's Aerogarden, and a goldfish plant (which I love!! It is so cool looking.) Used to have a Persian violet which was fabulous and fragrant-- smelled great for about 2 months, but it eventually finished flowering, sickened and died. It was replaced by the goldfish plant.

The toxic plant list helps me pick plants for outside, cuz the bunnies cant/wont/betternotiftheynotwhatsgoodforthem eat it. :) D

Thank you Cathy. Well, i did research but i think you have to factor in my laziness. I started gardening to relax so when the pests came i got stressed about it. (As you can see in the pic, my other plants are succulents which require very little care and attention). I focused on it for a while and then i just didn't have time to be so vigilant. I tried soap/ alcohol spray since i'm not planning on using insecticides and this usually works but it kills the young shoots and you have to re-apply... also tried beneficial insects and spiders and hand-picking the hoppers (they bite!). There must be a different kind of excitement when you grow from seed. I just lop off the top growth and put the stem it in a glass of water for a while till i see roots then stick it in soil. I got way too enthusiastic, i think, with my coleus collection. Next time i'll stick to a few hardy cultivars, It's only been recently that i've noticed that very few people grow coleus in my area though it's so easy to propagate. But since it grows very fast here (and hence leggy), it requires too much attention to prune. Casual gardeners here prefer something they can just water every now and then especially in our searing summer.

I also have some polka dot plant in some of my containers (I thought it was called fittonia), but have only ever seen the pink variety, not the green and white kind as shown in the last picture. If I take off a flower spike from the container plants, will it seed new plants in my shade area? Also, where do you get the different varieties? Cynthia, Painted-Net Leaf Plant (Fittonia) and Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya) look similar, but are completely different plants. I don't have any experience with Fittonia. Maybe someone else can guide you as to how they perform in the yard. Polka Dot plant is sold in small pots in Walmart, Lowes and Home Depot. Frequently they will have three different shades in a single pot. Sometimes they will have a single color in a pot, too, in case you don't want to mix, but I don't see that as often as the mixed pots. They usually run $2.50 - $4.00. All of my different colors are from new seedlings that were a result of parent plants cross-pollinating on their own. The plant in the last picture is actually pale pink and dark green. If you look at the leaf near the bottom of the photo and the leaves closer to the ground, you can see the pinkish hue. I think you will like Ornamental Sweet Potato Vine 'Margarita'. Stick as many starts as you can afford from your parent plant. Once they have rooted, the lime green color can be made really vibrant/chartreuse by giving them a periodic watering with Miracle-Gro. I usually use it half-strength on everything - but the ones on my front porch went from blah lime-green to POP lime-green once I hit them with the liquid fertilizer. Have fun and good luck! Carol Here is a link that might be useful: Google Images - Fittonia