Allergy Free Plants
According to the book “The Birds and the Bees Guide to Allergy Free Living” by Scott E. Seargeant, B.S., while all higher plants have pollen it is the ability of that plant to disperse it’s pollen into the environment that creates problems for allergy sufferers.
The following list of plants is those whose pollen is heavy and less easily dispersed and as such less likely to trigger allergies.
Perennials:
Alcea – Hollyhocks
Aquilegia – Columbine
Campanula – Bell Flower
Dianthus – Carnations
Dicentra – Bleeding Hearts
Hemerocallis – Daylily
Iris germánica – Bearded Iris
Paeonia – Peony
Hardy Bulbs:
Daffodils
Tulips
Annuals:
Calla Lilies
Canna Lilies
California Poppies
Flowering Vinca
Gladiolus
Pansies
Ranunculus
Solanum – Blue Potato Bush
Verbena
Wax Begonias