Flowers
Achillea
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Flowers
Vomiting, diarrhea, skin irritation
Agastache
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Alyssum Ground Cover
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Anemone
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Flowers
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, oral irritation
Centranthus
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Coneflower
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None typically
Crocosmia
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Flowers
Possible mild GI upset
Fritillaria
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Flowers
Vomiting, diarrhea, cardiac issues in large amounts
Gaura
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Helenium
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Flowers
Possible skin irritation, mild GI upset
Heliopsis
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Helleborus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Flowers
Drooling, abdominal pain, diarrhea, depression
Kangaroo Paw
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Kniphofia
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Lantana Garden
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Flowers
Vomiting, diarrhea, liver damage, photosensitivity
Leucanthemum
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Liatris
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Ornamental Allium
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Flowers
Vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, anemia
Pansy
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Ranunculus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Flowers
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, oral blisters
Rudbeckia
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Salvia Garden
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Scabiosa
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Veronica Flower
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Viola
✅ Safe
🌿 Flowers
None
Garden Plants
Firebush
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden Plants
None expected
Yesterday Today Tomorrow
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden Plants
Tremors, seizures, excessive salivation, diarrhea
Garden
Aconite / Monkshood
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, numbness, cardiac arrhythmia, death
Aeonium
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
African Daisy
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Amaryllis
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, tremors, depression
Angel's Trumpet
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Dilated pupils, rapid heart rate, disorientation, seizures, death
Angel's Wing Jasmine
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Angelonia
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Aster
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Astilbe
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Autumn Crocus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Bloody vomiting, diarrhea, organ failure, bone marrow suppression, death
Autumn Sage
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Azaleas / Rhododendrons
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, cardiac failure, coma, death
Bachelor's Button
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Banana Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Beautyberry
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Bee Balm
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Begonias
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Bird's Eye Chili Plant
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
GI irritation from capsaicin
Bird's Nest Spruce
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
none
Blanket Flower
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Bleeding Heart
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, respiratory depression
Blue Sage
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Borage
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Bougainvillea
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset; thorns cause physical injury
Boxwood
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, seizures
Burning Bush
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, weakness
Butterfly Bush
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Calendula
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Calibrachoa
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Calla Lily
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Oral pain, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Camellia
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Castor Bean Plant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Severe vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, organ failure, death
Catmint
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Excitement in cats (related to catnip)
Celosia
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Chrysanthemums
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, incoordination, dermatitis
Clematis
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea
Columbine
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Coral Bells
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Coral Honeysuckle
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Coreopsis
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Cosmos
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Creeping Jenny
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Crocus (Spring)
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Cyclamen
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures, death
Daffodils
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, cardiac arrhythmia
Dahlia
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset, skin irritation
Daylily
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Kidney failure in cats; mild GI upset in dogs
Daylily (NOT true lily)
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
SAFE for dogs; FATAL kidney failure in cats
Delphinium
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Muscle tremors, cardiac failure, respiratory paralysis
Dianthus
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Dianthus / Carnations
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset, skin irritation
Echeveria Elegans
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
English Daisy
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Foxglove
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Cardiac arrhythmia, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, death
Fuchsia
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Gardenia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, hives
Gazania
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Geraniums
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, loss of appetite, depression
Gerbera Daisy
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Gladiolus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset; corms are most toxic
Globe Thistle
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Spiny leaves can scratch
Grape Hyacinth
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Grape Vine
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, kidney failure
Heavenly Bamboo
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, weakness, seizures, cyanide poisoning
Hellebore
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, abdominal pain, diarrhea, depression
Hen and Chicks (Sempervivum)
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Hens and Chicks
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Hibiscus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, nausea
Hollyhock
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Hostas
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, depression
Hyacinth
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, depression
Hydrangea
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, depression
Ice Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Impatiens
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Indian Hawthorn
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Iris
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy
Japanese Pieris
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, drooling, weakness, cardiac dysfunction
Jasmine (Carolina)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, seizures, death
Jasmine (Night Blooming)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
GI upset, central nervous system effects
Jasmine (True)
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None for true jasmine
Jasmine Star
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Lamb's Ear
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Lantana
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, labored breathing, liver failure, death
Larkspur
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Muscle tremors, stiffness, cardiac failure, respiratory paralysis
Lavender
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Nausea, vomiting, reduced appetite
Lavender (Plant)
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
GI upset; more dangerous to cats
Lavender Cotton
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
GI upset
Lily of the Nile
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Lily of the Valley
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, cardiac arrhythmia, low blood pressure, seizures, death
Lily of the Valley Bush
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Cardiac arrhythmia, vomiting, weakness
Liriope
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Lupine
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Tremors, labored breathing, seizures
Maiden Grass
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Sharp leaf edges can cut mouth
Mandevilla
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Marigolds
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset, skin irritation
Morning Glory
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Disorientation, hallucinations, GI upset, tremors
Morning Glory Seeds
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Hallucinations, agitation, tremors, GI upset
Mountain Laurel
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, weakness, cardiac dysfunction, coma
Nasturtium
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Nemesia
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Nightshade (Bittersweet)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, confusion
Oleander
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, abdominal pain, abnormal heart rhythm, death
Oleander (Pink)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Cardiac arrhythmia, drooling, death
Oleander (White)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Cardiac arrhythmia, drooling, death
Passionflower
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Pentas
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Peonies
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea
Petunias
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Plumeria
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset, skin irritation from sap
Poinsettia
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild mouth and stomach irritation, drooling
Portulaca
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Privet
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting, diarrhea, incoordination, increased heart rate
Purple Fountain Grass
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Possible GI irritation from sharp leaf edges
Roses
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Thorn injuries only
Russian Sage
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Sage (Ornamental)
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Salvia (Annual)
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Sedum (Stonecrop)
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Shasta Daisy
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Smoke Bush
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset possible
Snapdragons
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Spirea
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Spring Crocus
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Stock (Matthiola)
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Sunflowers
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Sweet Alyssum
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Sweet Pea
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Weakness, tremors, seizures, lethargy
Sweet Potato Vine
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset from ornamental varieties
Sweet William
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset, skin irritation
Torenia
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Trumpet Vine
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset, skin irritation
Tulips
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Drooling, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
Verbena
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Garden
Mild GI upset
Viburnum
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
Berries may cause mild GI upset
Virginia Creeper
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Oral irritation, vomiting, diarrhea, kidney damage
Wax Begonia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Oral irritation from oxalates
Wisteria
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Vomiting (sometimes severe), diarrhea, depression
Wisteria
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Severe vomiting, diarrhea, depression
Yew
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Garden
Trembling, breathing difficulty, cardiac failure, sudden death
Zinnia
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Zinnias
✅ Safe
🌿 Garden
None
Grasses
Blue Fescue
✅ Safe
🌿 Grasses
None
Fountain Grass
✅ Safe
🌿 Grasses
None
Mondo Grass
✅ Safe
🌿 Grasses
None
Pampas Grass
✅ Safe
🌿 Grasses
Possible mechanical injury from sharp leaf edges
Ground Covers
Ajuga
✅ Safe
🌿 Ground Covers
None typically
Creeping Thyme
✅ Safe
🌿 Ground Covers
None
Dead Nettle
✅ Safe
🌿 Ground Covers
None
Epimedium
✅ Safe
🌿 Ground Covers
None typically
Pachysandra
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Ground Covers
Possible mild GI upset
Sweet Woodruff
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Ground Covers
Possible mild blood thinning in large amounts
Vinca Minor
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Ground Covers
Vomiting, diarrhea, low blood pressure, tremors
Herbs
Apple Mint
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
Mild GI upset in large amounts
Basil
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None
Chamomile
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
Skin irritation, vomiting, diarrhea in large amounts
Chervil
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None
Chocolate Mint
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
Mild GI upset; mint oil irritant
Cilantro
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None
Comfrey
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Herbs
Liver damage from pyrrolizidine alkaloids
Cuban Oregano
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Herbs
GI upset; contains essential oils toxic to cats
Dill
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None in small amounts
Lemon Balm
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None in small amounts
Lemon Verbena
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Herbs
Mild GI upset, skin irritation
Lemongrass
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
GI upset, liver damage in cats from essential oils
Lovage
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
Possible photosensitivity, mild GI upset
Marjoram Plant
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
GI upset, possible liver issues in cats
Mint
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
GI upset in large amounts
Oregano
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
GI upset; essential oil is more dangerous
Parsley
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Herbs
Photosensitivity, GI upset in large amounts
Pennyroyal
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Herbs
Liver failure, vomiting, death
Rosemary
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None in normal amounts
Rue
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Herbs
Skin blistering from sap; GI upset
Sage
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None in culinary amounts
Savory Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None in small amounts
Stevia Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None
Tansy
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Herbs
Vomiting, seizures, liver damage
Tarragon
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
GI upset in large amounts
Thyme
✅ Safe
🌿 Herbs
None
Wormwood
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Herbs
GI upset, tremors, seizures
Houseplants
African Violet
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Air Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Air Plants
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Alocasia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Aloe Aristata
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Aloe Vera
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, tremors
Aluminum Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Amaryllis Houseplant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, depression, diarrhea, tremors
Angel Wing Begonia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation from calcium oxalates
Angels Wings Begonia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Anthurium
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Areca Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Areca Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Asparagus Fern
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain; skin irritation
Baby's Tears
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Bamboo Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Bird Nest Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Bird of Paradise
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Nausea, vomiting, drowsiness
Bird of Paradise (White)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Nausea, vomiting, drowsiness
Bird's Nest Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Blue Star Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Boston Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Boston Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Bromeliad
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Burro's Tail
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Button Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Button Orchid
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Caladium
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Calathea
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Calathea Medallion
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Calathea Orbifolia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Cast Iron Houseplant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Cast Iron Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Cat Grass / Wheatgrass
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Occasional vomiting (natural; helps clear hairballs)
Catnip
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Excitement/euphoria in cats; mild sedative in dogs
Chinese Evergreen
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, pain, swelling, vomiting
Chinese Money Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Christmas Cactus
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset if eaten in large amounts
Cissus
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None typically
Clivia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, depression
Columnea
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Corn Plant (Dracaena)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, loss of appetite, excessive drooling
Creeping Fig
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Crocodile Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Croton
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea
Crown of Thorns
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
GI irritation, mouth irritation, eye damage from sap
Cryptanthus
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Ctenanthe
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Cyclamen Houseplant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Severe vomiting, heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures, death
Desert Rose
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, cardiac dysfunction, death
Dieffenbachia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Intense oral pain, drooling, swelling, difficulty breathing
Dischidia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None known
Donkey Tail Spurge
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Skin irritation, GI upset from milky sap
Dracaena
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting (sometimes with blood), depression, dilated pupils (cats)
Dracaena Marginata
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, drooling, loss of appetite, dilated pupils in cats
Dragon Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, depression, dilated pupils in cats
Dumb Cane
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Intense oral pain, drooling, difficulty breathing
Echeveria
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Elephant Ear
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, drooling, difficulty swallowing
English Ivy
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain
Episcia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Fan Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Ficus Benjamina
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset, skin irritation from sap
Fiddle Leaf Fig
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Fittonia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Flamingo Lily
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, swelling, drooling, vomiting
Gasteria
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Goldfish Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Grape Ivy
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Haworthia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Hoya
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Hoya Carnosa
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Hoya Kerrii
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Inch Plant
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Houseplants
Contact dermatitis, mild GI upset
Jade Plant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, depression, incoordination
Jewel Orchid
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Kalanchoe
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, abnormal heart rhythm
Kentia Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Lilies (True)
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Houseplants
Kidney failure (cats), mild GI upset (dogs)
Lily (Peace)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Lipstick Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Lipstick Vine
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Lithops
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Maidenhair Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Maidenhair Fern Houseplant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Majesty Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Maranta (Red)
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Money Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Money Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Monstera
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Monstera Adansonii
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, drooling, difficulty swallowing
Moses in the Cradle
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Skin irritation, mild GI upset
Moses in the Cradle
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Skin irritation, oral pain, drooling
Nerve Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Norfolk Island Pine
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset if large amounts eaten
Norfolk Pine
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset from needles
Norfolk Pine
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset from needles if eaten
Orchid
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset if eaten
Oxalis / Shamrock Plant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Tremors, excessive salivation, kidney failure from oxalates
Parlor Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Parlor Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Parlor Palm (Bamboo)
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Peace Lily
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Pencil Cactus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Eye and skin irritation, vomiting, GI pain
Peperomia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Peperomia Obtusifolia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Peperomia Rosso
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Persian Shield
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Philodendron
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, swelling, drooling, vomiting
Philodendron Birkin
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, drooling, swelling
Philodendron Brasil
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, drooling, vomiting
Philodendron Pink Princess
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, swelling, drooling
Pilea Involucrata
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Pilea Peperomioides
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Pitcher Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Polka Dot Begonia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation from calcium oxalates
Polka Dot Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Polyscias
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset, skin irritation
Ponytail Palm
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Ponytail Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Pothos
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral pain, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Pothos (Marble Queen)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Pothos (Neon)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Prayer Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Purple Passion Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Purple Waffle Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Rabbit's Foot Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Rattlesnake Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Rex Begonia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, vomiting from calcium oxalates
Rex Begonia Vine
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Rhaphidophora
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Rubber Plant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea
Rubber Tree Plant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset, skin irritation from sap
Sago Palm
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, liver failure, seizures, death
Satin Pothos
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Schefflera
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Scindapsus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting
Sensitive Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Silver Dollar Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Snake Plant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
Song of India
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, drooling, depression
Spider Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Mild GI upset if eaten in large quantities
Spider Plant Variegated
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
Cats are attracted; mild hallucinogenic effect possible
Staghorn Fern
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Staghorn Fern (Large)
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
String of Bananas
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling
String of Dolphins
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling
String of Hearts
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
String of Hearts Variegated
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
String of Nickels
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
String of Pearls
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, lethargy
String of Turtles
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Stromanthe
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Sundew
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Swedish Ivy
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Syngonium
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Ti Plant / Hawaiian Ti
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting (sometimes bloody), depression, dilated pupils in cats
Tillandsia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Tradescantia / Wandering Jew
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Houseplants
Skin irritation, mild GI upset
Trailing Jade
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Umbrella Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, vomiting, difficulty swallowing
Venus Flytrap
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Watermelon Peperomia
✅ Safe
🌿 Houseplants
None
Yucca
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling
Yucca Houseplant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling
ZZ Plant
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Houseplants
Oral irritation, vomiting, diarrhea
Palms
Perennials
Brunnera
✅ Safe
🌿 Perennials
None
Catmint Garden
✅ Safe
🌿 Perennials
None; cats may roll in it
Coral Bells
✅ Safe
🌿 Perennials
None
Nepeta Six Hills
✅ Safe
🌿 Perennials
None
Pulmonaria
✅ Safe
🌿 Perennials
None
Tiarella
✅ Safe
🌿 Perennials
None
Shrubs
Abelia
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Aucuba
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Mild GI upset, vomiting
Barberry
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None from toxicity; thorns may cause injury
Beauty Bush
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Buddleia
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Clethra
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Coralberry
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Mild GI upset
Cotoneaster
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Shrubs
Mild GI upset from berries
Daphne
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Severe oral irritation, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, seizures
Deutzia
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Euonymus
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, cardiac effects
Fatsia
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Forsythia
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Fothergilla
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Gardenia Shrub
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Mild GI upset, vomiting, diarrhea
Hamamelis
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None from plant contact
Hydrangea Oakleaf
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy
Itea
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Leucothoe
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, cardiac effects
Ligustrum
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, diarrhea, loss of coordination
Mahonia
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Nandina
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, respiratory failure
Osmanthus
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Perovskia
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Photinia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Difficulty breathing, vomiting from cyanide
Physocarpus
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Pieris Garden
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, drooling, cardiac effects, death possible
Pittosporum
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Shrubs
Mild GI upset
Quince Bush
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Shrubs
Possible GI upset from seeds
Rhododendron
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, cardiac failure, death possible
Sarcococca
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None typically
Skimmia
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Mild GI upset
Snowball Bush
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None typically
Snowberry
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Shrubs
Vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness
Weigela
✅ Safe
🌿 Shrubs
None
Succulents
Trees
Apple Tree (Leaves/Seeds)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Dilated pupils, breathing difficulty, panting, shock
Arborvitae
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset possible
Autumn Olive
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset from berries
Avocado Tree
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea from persin
Bay Laurel
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset, vomiting, diarrhea
Birch
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Black Cherry Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Difficulty breathing, dilated pupils, death from wilted leaves
Black Walnut Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, tremors, seizures
Bottlebrush Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Buckeye / Horse Chestnut
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty walking, paralysis
Catalpa Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Cedar Tree
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset; cedar oil can be irritating
Cherry Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Dilated pupils, difficulty breathing, shock, death
Chinaberry Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, respiratory failure, death
Chokecherry
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Difficulty breathing, dilated pupils, shock, death
Crape Myrtle
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Crepe Myrtle
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Cypress Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset from needles
Dawn Redwood
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Dogwood
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Dogwood Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Elderberry Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, difficulty breathing
English Holly
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy from berries
Eucalyptus Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness
Fig Tree (Outdoor)
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Drooling, vomiting, skin irritation from sap
Fig Tree Ornamental
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Skin irritation, mild GI upset
Fringe Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Ginkgo Tree
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, seizures from seeds
Golden Chain Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, coma, death
Hawthorn
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
Thorns cause physical injury; berries safe
Hawthorn
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Possible GI upset from berries
Hemlock (Tree)
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Hinoki Cypress
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Holly
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, lip smacking
Holly (American)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, depression from berries
Japanese Maple
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Japanese Yew
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Trembling, difficulty breathing, sudden cardiac death
Juniper
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
GI upset from berries
Kentucky Coffee Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
GI upset, neurological signs from seeds
Lemon Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, depression, photosensitivity
Lily of the Valley Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
GI upset, cardiac effects
Live Oak
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Acorns cause GI upset and potential kidney damage
Magnolia
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Manchineel Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Severe burns, blindness, vomiting, death
Maple (Red)
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None for dogs and cats
Mimosa Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset
Mistletoe
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
GI upset, drooling, low blood pressure, breathing difficulty
Mountain Ash
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset from berries
Mulberry Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset from overindulgence; staining
Olive Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Orange Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, depression
Palm Trees (General)
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None for true palms; sago palm is NOT a true palm
Peach Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, difficulty breathing from cyanide in pits/leaves
Pear Tree
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Possible mild GI upset from seeds
Pecan Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, seizures from moldy nuts
Persimmon Tree
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Possible GI obstruction from seeds
Pine Tree
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
GI upset, mouth irritation from needles
Plum Tree
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, difficulty breathing from cyanide
Pomegranate Tree
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset from bark and root
Redbud Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Sassafras
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
Safrole in roots is mildly toxic; liver effects
Serviceberry
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Smoke Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Spruce Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
Needles can irritate GI tract
Sweet Gum Tree
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
Spiky balls are choking/injury hazard
Sycamore
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
Mild GI upset from seeds
Tulip Poplar
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Willow
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Trees
GI upset from salicylate compounds
Winterberry
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, abdominal pain
Witch Hazel Plant
✅ Safe
🌿 Trees
None
Yaupon Holly
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Trees
Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, lethargy
Vines
Wildflowers
Black Cohosh
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Vomiting, diarrhea, tremors
Black-Eyed Susan
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
Mild GI upset
Buttercup
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth blisters
Butterfly Milkweed
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, cardiac arrhythmia
Clover
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
None in normal amounts
Coneflower / Echinacea
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
Mild GI upset if large amount eaten
Dandelion
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
None
Foxglove
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Cardiac arrhythmia, vomiting, death
Foxglove Beardtongue
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
None
Goldenrod
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
None
Hemlock (Poison)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Trembling, excessive salivation, respiratory failure, death
Jimsonweed
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Dilated pupils, rapid heart rate, hallucinations, seizures
Joe Pye Weed
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
None
Milkweed
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, cardiac arrhythmia
Nightshade (Deadly)
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Dilated pupils, hallucinations, seizures, death
Pokeweed
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Severe GI upset, respiratory failure, convulsions
Queen Anne's Lace
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Wildflowers
Mild skin irritation, photosensitivity
Ragwort
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Liver damage, weight loss, jaundice
Solomons Seal
🚫 Toxic
🌿 Wildflowers
Mild GI upset, vomiting
Violet / Pansy
✅ Safe
🌿 Wildflowers
None
Yarrow
⚠️ Caution
🌿 Wildflowers
Mild GI upset, possible skin irritation