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)
Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid'
Obedient plant, False dragonhead, Lionsheart, Stay in place
Pimpinella saxifraga
Burnet saxifrage, Small pimpernell
Pittosporum 'Arundel Green'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum eugenioides 'Variegatum'
Variegated lemonwood
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Warnham Gold'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tobira
Japanese mock orange, Tobira, Japanese pittosporum, Australian laurel
Plectranthus amboinicus
Oregano plectranthus, French thyme, Country borage, Indian mint, Soup mint, Spanish thyme
Plectranthus argentatus
Silvered spurflower
Plectranthus oertendahlii
Silverlead spurflower, Swedish ivy, Oertendahl's spurflower, November lights
Polemonium 'Northern Lights'
Jacob's ladder
Polygaloides chamaebuxus 'Grandiflora'
Bastard box, Shrubby milkwort, Ground box, Ground milkwort
Pontederia cordata
Pickerel weed, Wampee
Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
Cinquefoil, Five finger
Potentilla 'William Rollisson'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Chelsea Star'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Groneland'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Hopleys Orange'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'King Cup'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Limelight'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Medicine Wheel Mountain'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Sommerflor'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Yellow Bird'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla x tonguei
Trailing cinquefoil
Primula 'Guinevere'
Primrose
Primula 'Wanda'
Primrose
Primula alpicola
Joseph's sikkimensis, Moonlight primrose
Primula beesiana
Bees nursery primrose
Primula bulleyana
Bulley's primrose
Primula denticulata
Drumstick primula
Primula florindae
Giant Himalayan cowslip, Giant yellow cowslip
Primula japonica 'Postford White'
Candelabra primula, Japanese primrose
Primula marginata
Margined primrose
Primula prolifera
Prolific primrose
Primula pulverulenta
Mealy primrose
Primula rosea
Primrose, Rose primula
Primula sikkimensis
Sikkim primrose
Primula veris
Cowslip, Herb Peter, Keyflower, Fairy cups, Palsywort, St Peter's wort
Primula vulgaris
Common primrose, English primrose, Native primrose
Primula vulgaris subsp. sibthorpii
Common primrose, English primrose
Prostanthera cuneata
Alpine mint bush
Prunus verecunda 'Autumn Glory'
Korean hill cherry
Prunus x blireana
Blireiana plum, Double pink flowering plum
Prunus x cistena
Purple-leaf sand cherry, Dwarf red leaf plum
Pulmonaria 'Cotton Cool'
Lungwort, Jerusalem cowslip
Pulmonaria 'Diana Clare'
Lungwort, Jerusalem cowslip
Pulmonaria 'Lewis Palmer'
Lungwort, Jerusalem cowslip
Pulmonaria 'Little Star'
Lungwort, Jerusalem cowslip
Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'
Lungwort, Jerusalem cowslip