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)
Leptospermum scoparium 'Red Damask'
Manuka, Broom teatree, New Zealand tea tree
Leucothoe Scarletta = 'Zeblid'
Dog hobble, Drooping laurel
Levisticum officinale
Lovage
Leycesteria formosa Golden Lanterns = 'Notbruce'
Himalayan honeysuckle, Pheasant berry, Flowering nutmeg
Liriope muscari
Big blue lily turf, Southern lilyturf, Blue lilyturf
Lonicera x heckrottii 'Gold Flame'
Heckrotti's hybrid honeysuckle
Lonicera x tellmanniana
Redgold, Yellman honeysuckle
Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker'
Yellow loosestrife, Fringed loosestrife, Hairy loosestrife
Magnolia 'Susan'
Magnolia liliiflora 'Nigra'
Mu-lan, Woody orchid, Purple flowered magnolia, Lily magnolia
Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel'
Loebner magnolia
Mahonia aquifolium 'Apollo'
Oregon grape, Holly grape, Holly leaved barberry
Mahonia x media 'Winter Sun'
Hybrid barberry
Melianthus major
Honey flower, Greater turkey bush, Touch-me-not, Honey bush
Musa basjoo
Japanese banana
Nemesia denticulata
Fine tooth nemesia
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
Catmint, Catnip
Nepeta grandiflora 'Summer Magic'
Caucasus catmint, Giant catmint
Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
Persian catmint
Olearia macrodonta
New Zealand holly, Toothy New Zealand holly
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Japanese mondo grass
Osmanthus delavayi
Delavay tea olive
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki'
Holly olive, False holly, Holly tea olive
Osmanthus x burkwoodii
Burkwood's sweet olive
Osteospermum 'Lady Leitrim'
African daisy
Osteospermum jucundum
Pleasing African daisy
Paeonia lactiflora 'Duchesse de Nemours'
Chinese peony, Garden peony
Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt'
Chinese peony, Garden peony
Paeonia x festiva 'Rubra Plena'
Memorial day paeonia, Common red paeony, Common red peony
Penstemon 'Andenken an Friedrich Hahn'
Beard tongue
Penstemon 'Hewell Pink Bedder'
Beard tongue
Penstemon 'Rubicundus'
Red penstemon
Penstemon 'Stapleford Gem'
Beard tongue
Persicaria microcephala 'Red Dragon'
Small flowered knotweed
Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
Mock orange
Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'
Sweet mock orange, Garland spindle
Phlomis russeliana
Russell's phlomis, Greek Jerusalem sage, Sticky Jerusalem sage
Phlox paniculata 'Laura'
Border phlox, Perennial phlox, Summer phlox, Autumn phlox, Fall phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Pepper'
Border phlox, Summer phlox
Phlox paniculata Purple Eye Flame = 'Barthirtythree'
Border phlox, Summer phlox
Phlox subulata 'McDaniel's Cushion'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox x arendsii 'Miss Mary'
Hybrid phlox
Phormium 'Sundowner'
Flax lily, New Zealand flax
Phormium 'Yellow Wave'
Flax lily, New Zealand flax
Phormium cookianum subsp. hookeri 'Cream Delight'
Mountain flax, Whariki
Phormium cookianum subsp. hookeri 'Tricolor'
Mountain flax, Whariki
Phygelius x rectus 'Devil's Tears'
Figwort
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Dart's Gold'
Common ninebark, Easter ninebark