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)
Dodecatheon meadia f. album
Shooting star, American cowslip, White pride of ohio
Fedia cornucopiae
African valerian, House of plenty
Foeniculum vulgare 'Smokey'
Fennel
Forsythia Maree d'Or = 'Courtasol'
Fuchsia 'Annabel'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Baby Blue Eyes'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Chang'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Eva Boerg'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Madame Cornelissen'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Swingtime'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Dazzler'
Fire wheels, Hybrid blanket flower
Genista tinctoria 'Royal Gold'
Dyer's greenwood, Common woadwaxen, Dyers broom
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Rubin'
Hybrid red witch hazel, Winterbloom
Hardenbergia violacea
Purple coral pea, Coral pea, Vine lilac
Helianthemum 'Fire Dragon'
Rock rose
Helianthemum 'Rhodanthe Carneum'
Rock rose
Helianthus 'Monarch'
Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'Light of Loddon'
Hardy zinnia, Smooth ox-eye, Sunflower heliopsis
Heuchera 'Sashay'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis'
Self-fertile variety
Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'
Slender box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Lagerstroemia indica Berry Dazzle = 'Gamad VI'
Crape myrtle, Pride of India, Summer lilac, Cranesbill
Lavatera x clementii 'Candy Floss'
Clement's lavatera
Leptospermum scoparium 'Nichollsii'
Manuka, Broom teatree, New Zealand tea tree
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rollissonii'
Switch ivy, Dog hobble, Drooping laurel
Ligusticum scoticum
Scottish lovage, Sea lovage
Linum arboreum
Tree flax
Magnolia 'Gold Star'
Pointed leaf magnolia
Meconopsis grandis 'Slieve Donard'
Slieve Donard poppy
Mentha requienii
Corsican Creme de menthe mint, Creeping mint
Mentha x smithiana
Tall mint
Micromeria thymifolia
Winter savory, Mountain mint, Thyme-leaved savory
Monarda 'Talud'
Bergamot, Bee balm, Oswego tea
Musa ornata
Flowering banana, Banano decorativo
Nemesia 'Melody Lilac Blue'
Cape snapdragon
Nemesia 'Melody Pink'
Cape snapdragon
Nymphaea 'Aurora'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Nymphaea 'Colorado'
Waterlily, Water lily, Indian lotus
Penstemon 'Beech Park'
Beard tongue
Penstemon 'Margery Fish'
Beard tongue
Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri 'Albus'
Shrubby penstemon, Woody penstemon, Slender woody penstemon
Philadelphus 'Beauclerk'
Mock orange
Philadelphus 'Innocence'
Mock orange, Syringa
Phlox carolina 'Miss Lingard'
Wedding phlox, Thick-leaf phlox, Carolina phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Crackerjack'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox
Phlox douglasii 'Red Admiral'
Alpine phlox, Moss phlox, Columbia phlox
Phlox maculata 'Omega'
Meadow phlox, Wild sweet William, Spotted phlox, Early phlox
Phlox paniculata Pink Eye Flame = 'Barthirtyfive'
Border phlox, Summer phlox