Pet-friendly outdoor plants
The vast majority of outdoor plants are perfectly safe for pets, although they might nibble them they are very unlikely to eat enough to make them sick. If you are at all anxious, choose from this list of plants that are known to be perfectly safe for pets. And specially selected for being good, healthy plants which have the Award of Garden Merit (AGM), which is the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) seal of approval for reliability in the garden. It helps you choose plants with confidence.
All pet friendly outdoor plants
1799 plants
Pet-friendly herbs
120 plants
Pet-friendly perennials
376 plants
Pet-friendly shrubs
318 plants
All plants (1907)
Itea ilicifolia
Holly leaf, Sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
Virginia willow, Tassel-white, Sweetspire, Virginia sweetpire
Jacobaea maritima 'Silver Dust'
Silver cineraria, Sea ragwort, Silver groundsel
Jasminum azoricum
Jasmine, Azores jasmine
Jasminum humile 'Revolutum'
Reeves Italian jasmine, Italian jasmine, Italian yellow jasmine, Himalayan jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi
Primrose jasmine
Jasminum officinale 'Argenteovariegatum'
Common jasmine, Poet's jasmine, Common white jasmine
Jasminum officinale 'Inverleith'
Common jasmin
Jasminum officinale Fiona Sunrise = 'Frojas'
Common jasmine, Poet's jasmine, Common white jasmine
Jeffersonia dubia
Asian twinleaf
Jovellana violacea
Jovellanos plants, Violet flowered jovellanos
Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'
Japanese rose, Jew's mallow
Kirengeshoma palmata Koreana Group
Yellow waxbells
Kniphofia 'Bees' Sunset'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Brimstone' Bloom
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Fiery Fred'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Sunningdale Yellow'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia 'Toffee Nosed'
Red hot poker
Kniphofia northiae
Broad leaved poker, Marianne North's poker
Kniphofia rooperi
British caffraia, Winter poker
Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud'
Beauty bush, American beauty bush
Lachenalia bulbifera
Cape cowslip
Lachenalia contaminata
Cape cowslip
Lachenalia viridiflora
Green flowered cape cowslip
Lathyrus rotundifolius
Persian everlasting pea, Chickling pea
Lathyrus vernus 'Alboroseus'
Spring vetch, Spring pea, Spring vetchling
Laurus nobilis 'Aurea'
Golden bay, Bay laurel, Sweet bay, Poet's laurel, True laurel, Laurel tree
Laurus nobilis f. angustifolia
Willow leaf bay
Lavandula 'Pretty Polly'
Lavender
Lavandula 'Willow Vale'
French lavender, Butterfly lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Beechwood Blue'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Folgate'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Imperial Gem'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Little Lady'
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia 'Miss Katherine'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula angustifolia Little Lottie = 'Clarmo'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula pedunculata subsp. pedunculata 'James Compton'
French lavender, Butterfly lavender
Lavandula x chaytoriae 'Richard Gray'
Soft leaved lavender
Lavandula x intermedia 'Hidcote Giant'
Lavandin, Intermediate lavender
Lavatera maritima
Maritime lavatera, Bi-colored lavatera, Maritime rose mallow
Lavatera olbia 'Rosea'
Clement's lavatera
Lavatera x clementii 'Mary Hope'
Clement's lavatera
Lavatera x clementii Red Rum = 'Rigrum'
Tree lavatera
Leptospermum 'Silver Sheen'
Woolly Tea tree
Leptospermum scoparium 'Kiwi'
Manuka, Broom teatree, New Zealand tea tree
Leptospermum scoparium 'Nichollsii Nanum'
Manuka, Broom teatree, New Zealand tea tree
Leptospermum scoparium var. incanum 'Keatleyi'
Manuka, Broom teatree, New Zealand tea tree
Lespedeza thunbergii
Bush clover, Miyagino-hagi, Thunberg's Lespedeza