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)
Sedum 'Vera Jameson'
Stonecrop
Sedum cauticola
Hidaka-misebaya, Cliff stonecrop
Sedum kamtschaticum
Hirohano-kirinsho, Kamschatka stonecrop, Orange stonecrop
Sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum'
Kamschatka stonecrop, Orange stonecrop
Sedum kamtschaticum var. ellacombeanum
Kamschatka stonecrop, Orange stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco'
Pacific stonecrop, Spatula leaved stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium 'Purpureum'
Pacific stonecrop, Spatula leaved stonecrop
Sedum spectabile
Ice plant, O-benkei-so, Showy stonecrop
Sedum spurium 'Schorbuser Blut'
Two row stonecrop, Caucasian stonecrop
Sedum telephium 'Rainbow Xenox'
Orpine, Live forever, Midsummer men
Sidalcea 'Elsie Heugh'
Prairie mallow, False mallow
Sidalcea 'Oberon'
Prairie mallow, False mallow
Sidalcea 'William Smith'
Prairie mallow, Checker mallow, False mallow
Silene schafta
Schafta campion
Silybum marianum
Blessed thistle, Our lady's milk thistle, Holy thistle, St Mary's thistle
Skimmia japonica 'Nymans'
Japanese skimmia
Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green'
Hybrid skimmia
Solidago 'Goldenmosa'
Golden rod
Solidago x luteus 'Lemore'
Golden rod
Sophora microphylla Sun King = 'Hilsop'
Kowhai
Sorbus reducta
Creeping mountain ash, Pygmy rowan, Dwarf chinese mountain ash
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachyurus chinensis 'Celina'
Hanging tail
Stachyurus chinensis 'Joy Forever'
Hanging tail
Stachyurus praecox
Early flowered hanging tail
Streptosolen jamesonii
Orange browallia, Marmalade bush, Firebush, Mermelada
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. prostratum 'Snow Flurry'
White heath aster, Frost-weed aster, Heath aster
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim'
Hairy lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Firmament'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Mrs Edward Harding'
Common lilac
Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Esther Staley'
American lilac, Hyacinth flowered lilac
Syringa x josiflexa 'Bellicent'
Josiflexa lilac
Syringa x persica 'Alba'
Persian lilac, White Persian lilac, Lilac
Syringa x prestoniae 'Elinor'
Canadian hybrid lilac
Tagetes lucida
Sweet scented marigold, Sweet mace, Sweet scented mexican marigold
Tamarix tetrandra
Four stamened tamarisk
Tanacetum balsamita
Alecost, Costmary, Mint geranium, English mace
Tanacetum parthenium
Green feverfew, Bachelor's buttons, Parthenium chrysanthemum
Tanacetum parthenium 'Aureum'
Golden feverfew, Golden feather, Bachelor's buttons, Parthenium chrysanthemum
Taraxacum officinale
Common dandelion, Clock flower, Piss-a-bed, Irish daisy, Lions teeth, Swines snout
Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
Meadow rue
Thalictrum rochebruneanum
Lavender mist, Meadow rue
Thalictrum Splendide White = 'Fr21034'
Meadow rue