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crittergarden said:ckat -

If you deadhead the tansy it wouldn't escape the basket.

Senecio jacobaea is called "tansy ragwort" and IS poisonous to cows, horses, goats.... It's on the WA stete noxious weeds list.

Tanacetum vulgare is the one we're talking about. It just says "repels" insects.

I will have to remember that. I would like to plant some in hangers by the side door and the front door. But, I am in the habit of avoiding deadheading my plants. I like to see flowers become buds, open into flowers, and wither until they fall to the earth. I would have to make a bunch of signs to remind myself what will happen if I let those seeds fall to the ground. So it is a good thing the kind I wanted to plant to repel insects may not be the poisonous one.