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)
Melissa officinalis
Lemon balm, Balm, Bee balm, Honey plant, Sweet Mary
Mentha longifolia
Horse mint, Long leaved mint, Biblical mint
Mentha longifolia subsp. capensis
South African horse mint
Mentha spicata
Spearmint, Common mint, Garden mint, Lamb mint, Sage of Bethlehem
Mentha spicata var. crispa
Curly mint, Spearmint, Garden mint, Lamb mint, Sage of Bethlehem
Mentha suaveolens
Apple mint, Egyptian mint, Pineapple mint, Woolly mint
Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata'
Variegated apple mint, Apple mint, Egyptian mint, Pineapple mint, Woolly mint
Mentha x gracilis
Ginger mint, Red mint, Bushy mint
Mentha x piperita f. citrata
Bergamot mint, Eau de cologne mint, Lemon mint, Peppermint, Orange mint, Black peppermint
Mertensia virginica
Virginian cowslip, Roanoke bells, Virginia bluebell
Mimulus 'Highland Red'
Monkey flower
Mimulus cardinalis
Monkey musk, Crimson Monkey flower
Monarda 'Beauty of Cobham'
Bergamot, Bee balm, Oswego tea
Monarda 'Gardenview Scarlet'
Bergamot, Bee balm, Oswego tea
Monarda 'Marshall's Delight'
Bergamot, Bee balm, Oswego tea
Monarda didyma
Sweet bergamot, Horsemint, Indians plume, Mountain mint, Oswego tea, Red balm
Musa velutina
Pink velvet banana
Myrica gale
Bog myrtle, Sweet gale, Candle berry, Gold withy
Myrrhis odorata
Sweet cicely, Garden myrrh, Myrrh, Sweet bracken, Sweet chervil
Myrtus communis
Common myrtle
Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina
Tarentum myrtle
Nepeta cataria
Native catmint, Catnip
Nepeta govaniana
Goven's catmint, Yellow catmint
Nepeta grandiflora 'Bramdean'
Caucasus catmint, Giant catmint
Nepeta racemosa 'Amelia'
Persian catmint
Nepeta subsessilis 'Sweet Dreams'
Short-stalked catmint
Nepeta x faassenii 'Purrsian Blue'
Blue catmint, Faassen's nepeta
Nerine bowdenii 'Isabel'
Bowden lily
Nigella arvensis
Love in a mist, Wild fennel
Nymphaea 'Escarboucle'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Froebelii'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Gladstoniana'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Hermine'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'James Brydon'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Joey Tomocik'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Marliacea Chromatella'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Helvola'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Ocimum basilicum
Common basil, Sweet basil
Ocimum basilicum 'Cinnamon'
Common basil, Sweet basil
Ocimum basilicum 'Genovese'
Common basil, Sweet basil
Ocimum basilicum 'Horapha'
Common basil, Sweet basil
Ocimum basilicum var. purpurascens 'Red Rubin'
Common basil, Sweet basil
Oenothera macrocarpa
Ozark sundrops, Missouri evening primrose
Olsynium douglasii
Grass widow, Purple eyed grass
Omphalodes cappadocica
Blue eyed Mary, Dogwood navelsweed
Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
Blue eyed Mary, Dogwood navelsweed
Omphalodes cappadocica 'Starry Eyes'
Blue eyed Mary, Dogwood navelsweed
Onosma alborosea
White and rose gold drop