Pet-friendly shrubs
Shrubs give your garden structural interest and most are perfectly safe for pets. Choose with confidence from this list of shrubs which are non-toxic to pets and which have the RHS Award of Garden Merit as robust and garden worthy plants. Photinia is not included in this list as it is toxic to horses, ruminants and grazing animals, though it is safe for dogs and cats.
Plants (318)
Berberis x lologensis 'Apricot Queen'
Lologensis barberry
Berberis x stenophylla 'Corallina Compacta'
Rosemary barberry
Buddleja 'Lochinch'
Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia
Buddleja 'Pink Delight'
Hybrid summer lilac, Hybrid butterfly bush
Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight'
Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia
Buddleja davidii 'Darent Valley'
Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia
Buddleja davidii 'Dartmoor'
Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia
Buddleja davidii Camberwell Beauty = 'Camkeep'
Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia
Buddleja davidii Nanho Purple = 'Monum'
Orange eye butterfly bush, Summer lilac, Butterfly bush, Buddleia
Buddleja fallowiana var. alba
Fallow's buddleja, Buddleia
Buddleja globosa
Orange ball tree, Globose buddlebush, Chilean orange tree, Buddleia
Buddleja madagascariensis
Madagascar butterfly bush, Smoke tree, Buddleia
Buddleja officinalis
Winter flowered buddleja, Buddleia
Buddleja x weyeriana 'Sungold'
Hybrid orange ball tree
Camellia 'Cornish Snow'
Camellia 'Cornish Spring'
Camellia 'Doctor Clifford Parks'
Camellia 'Francie L'
Camellia 'Freedom Bell'
Camellia 'Inspiration'
Camellia 'Leonard Messel'
Camellia 'Snow Flurry'
Fortune's yellow camellia, Tea oil camellia
Camellia 'Sparkling Burgundy'
Winter flowering camellia
Camellia 'Spring Festival'
Camellia japonica 'Adolphe Audusson'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Akashigata'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Bob's Tinsie'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'C.M. Hovey'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Commander Mulroy'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Drama Girl'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Gloire de Nantes'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Grand Prix'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Guilio Nuccio'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Hakurakuten'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Jupiter' Paul, 1904
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Konronkoku'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Lavinia Maggi'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Mars'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Masayoshi'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Mercury'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Jewel'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'
Japanese camellia
Camellia japonica 'R.L. Wheeler'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Silver Anniversary'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Sylva'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia japonica 'Tricolor'
Japanese camellia, Common camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Crimson King'
Sasanqua camellia